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Trial of Guapinol Water Protectors Continues in Honduras
By John Walsh Since January 13th, the trial of 8 community activists and water protectors from Guapinol, Honduras has been under way in...
Jan 31, 20222 min read
Jilamito River Protectors and the War for Water in Honduras
Original article published in spanish by Redacción CRITERIO.HN Please also see Part 2 and Part 3 of this Criterio series on Jilamito....
Feb 11, 202110 min read
Colombian Human Rights Defender, Leider Valencia, is Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective was just informed about a serious threat against the life of Colombian Social Leader, Human...
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Drummond President on Trial for Alleged Paramilitary Ties
Current Drummond President, José Miguel Linares, and the former president, Augusto Jiménez, are being charged by the Colombian Attorney
Dec 19, 20202 min read
The Hidden Pandemic: How U.S. Arms Sales Have Fueled Decades of Violence in Latin America
In 2017, following the fraudulent re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Hondurans took to the street to demand justice and the...
Dec 15, 20203 min read
The Ghost of the Black Eagles: The Invisible Face of Politicide in Colombia
In the past few months, a number of threatening pamphlets, signed by the paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras”
Dec 2, 20204 min read
U.S.-backed Anti-Narcotics Police Attack Indigenous Community
On Monday November 30th, helicopters buzzed atop the Nasa Indigenous community of El Descanso, in the Southern department of Putumayo.
Dec 2, 20202 min read
5 Dead and 80 More Injured as Police Open Fire into Crowds of Protesters in Colombia
On Wednesday September 10th, after unarmed lawyer Javier Ordoñez was murdered by police, protesters took to the streets in cities across...
Sep 10, 20201 min read
The U.S. is financing illegal hydroelectric projects in Honduras with taxpayer dollars
On July 21st, the newly created U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced that it signed an agreement with the...
Aug 13, 20203 min read
Statement in Solidarity with Communities Demanding Justice for George Floyd
The Solidarity Collective wholeheartedly supports and stands in solidarity with communities rising up in protest across the country to...
Jun 5, 20202 min read
U.S Sends Troops to Fight Unarmed Poor People in Colombia
The United States Army is deploying a “company-sized” Special Forces team to support and advise Colombian anti-narcotics operations...
Jun 2, 20204 min read
Death Threats and Attacks Against Community Leader and Human Rights Defender, Juan Martinez
Read Original Spanish Version Here On the morning of May 11th, social leader, human rights defender and member of the board of directors...
May 18, 20201 min read
Forced Eradications Continue Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Originally published by Contagio Radio Despite the isolation measures implemented across Colombia by President Ivan Duque to deal with...
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Internally Displaced Indigenous Peoples Denounce Re-victimization and Exclusion During Quarantine
By Mesa de Pueblos Indigenas Victimas del Conflicto Armado en Bogota In the face of institutional abandonment, the indigenous peoples...
Apr 2, 20204 min read
COVID-19 Crisis in Honduras: What it Means for our WfP-SC Team and Partners on the Ground
By Corie Welch On Sunday night, I made the extremely difficult decision to leave Honduras and return to the United States to continue my...
Mar 20, 20207 min read
At Least Two Killed and One Injured in Northern Cauca as Attacks on Campesinos Continue in Impunity
Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Condemns the recent attacks against Campesino organizers and human rights defenders in Miranda,...
Feb 17, 20203 min read
A Pocket of Resistance in Colombia's Countryside: Campesino Alternatives in Northern Cauca
Last week, our Colombia International Team, along with New England regional organizer Lee Schlenker, accompanied Leider Valencia of COCCAM
Feb 5, 20202 min read
Unsafe Third: Failure and Hypocrisy of the Asylum Cooperation Agreement
By Corie Welch On January 7 the body of Cinthia Abigail Fernandez, a young woman from northern Honduras, was found in Huehuetenango,...
Jan 17, 20206 min read
A Look Back at 2019
2019 proved to be one of the deadliest years on record for human rights defenders in Colombia. At least 250 social leaders lost their...
Jan 9, 20205 min read
New Paramilitary Offensive Threatens to Displace Communities in Chocó
On December 31st, 2019, as residents of Pogue, Bojaya, celebrated the new year, between 300 and 600 paramilitaries arrived to exert...
Jan 4, 20202 min read
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