"As women we're able to resist with our bodies" Women's resistance to violence in Colombia
By Jessica Garcia Translation: Pambana Gutto Bassett For more than a year, countless forced displacements have been carried out across the...
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- Mar 15
- 3 min
Resistance in the face of oblivion and indifference
Hundreds of forcibly displaced Indigenous families in Bogotá continue to demand a comprehensive response from the Colombian government....
- Dec 1, 2022
- 5 min
"Here I am, here I will stay"
A mother's relentless search for justice in the face of violations committed by U.S. military personnel under Plan Colombia.
- Sep 12, 2022
- 6 min
After 11 years of resistance, injured GM workers still awaiting a response from the United States
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On August 2, 2011, the Association of Injured and Former Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) set up a...
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
"If there weren't so many guns, there wouldn't be so many dead"
If weapons have only generated death and pain, why does militarization of territories continue?
- Jul 5, 2022
- 8 min
"We are not asking to be given rights, we are demanding them"
We interviewed the social leader Andrés Maíz to learn more about his long fight for land rights and his work with Lxs Sin Techo.
- Jun 23, 2022
- 6 min
Colombia Presidential Elections 2022 - Runoff for the Government of Life
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia makes a government shift to the...
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
Colombia's First Round Presidential Elections - Not Enough for Change
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On Sunday, May 29, 2022, the first round of the Presidential Elections was held in Colombia. The left-leaning...
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
10 years of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement in Buenaventura: forced displacement increases
In May, the US-Colombia free trade agreement marked its 10th anniversary. On this anniversary, a humanitarian mission was organized in...
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
In the face of State impunity, popular justice: the People's Tribunal in Siloé
In the first anniversary of the beginning of the historic National Strike in Colombia, a People' s Tribunal was organized in Siloé,...
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
The Extradition of “Otoniel” to the United States is a Recipe for Impunity
The U.S. celebrated the extradition as a victory in their effort to dismantle drug trafficking. In reality, the only thing it is...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 5 min
State Repression and Militarization in Post-Peace Accords Colombia
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On January 25, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed into law the widely-rejected Citizen...
- Mar 8, 2022
- 10 min
Leading Territorial Resistance: The Voices of Three Colombian Women Leaders
By Jessica Garcia On this March 8th, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective honours the women who resist in their territories across...
- Jun 3, 2021
- 9 min
Popular Resistance in the Age of Neoliberal War: The Case of Colombia
By Evan King and Pambana Gutto Bassett Since April 28th hundreds of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to demand the end...
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Colombia's National Police Running "Chop Houses" and Mass Graves to Disappear Victims
Original in Spanish by Contagio Radio According to the Justice and Peace Commission, there have been numerous testimonies pointing to the...
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Naya River Reportback
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Colombia team shares their experiences in the Naya River.
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Urgent Action: Social Leader, Maria Eugenia Mosquera, Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective expresses solidarity with Colombian Social Leader, Human Rights defender, and partner María...
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
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
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