Paramilitaries Threaten Brink’s Workers in Bogotá
By Cruz Bonlarron Martinez The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective recently received reports that Brink’s workers affiliated with the...
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Dec 19, 20202 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
Feb 17, 20203 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,...
Jan 9, 20205 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...
Jun 20, 20194 min read
ASOTRECOL'S Campaign for Justice
A group of protestors have dedicated the last 8 years of their lives permanently occupying a public space in front of the U.S embassy
Apr 22, 20196 min read
Colombia’s War of Neoliberal Economics
Despite the 2016 peace accords in Colombia, conflict and violence continue due to the U.S.-supported neoliberal economic model. In order...
Feb 14, 20174 min read
Celebrate February 14th as International Flower Workers’ Day
By Lisa Taylor, WFP Colombia In the United States, February 14th has traditionally been celebrated as Valentine’s Day, a day when love is...
Jan 7, 20172 min read
Take Action to Protect Honduran Workers
In April, Delta Apparel – a US-based company – fired 40 workers with crippling musculoskeletal injuries from their factory in Honduras....
Aug 11, 20163 min read
Mining in Mexico: the NAFTA connection
Out of a list of 926 mining projects in Mexico, there are 85 exploration projects from the U.S.A. 21 have been postponed, 23 in...
May 15, 20154 min read
As Fast-Track Gathers Steam in Washington, Colombian Leaders Speak Out Against Three Years of FTA
By Julia Duranti, Witness for Peace Colombia While the U.S. Senate gears up for a final vote following Tuesday’s temporary setback on ...
Feb 13, 20153 min read
International Flower Workers Day: Corporate tax breaks while workers pick up the slack
Cactus, a Colombian NGO that accompanies flower workers and their families in the Bogotá Savannah and participated in a WfP Upper...
Jan 3, 20153 min read
Port Workers Union in Urabá denounce intimidation of unionists & other Labor Action Plan violations
By the Port Workers Union of Colombia Apartadó, Colombia December 29, 2014 Cargoban workers demand labor justice The actions that...
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