Verification Mission: Illicit Coca Crops Endangering Collective Land Rights
By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia This is the final installment of Witness’s February trip to Urabá (find links to past posts here and...
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- May 1, 2012
- 3 min
First trade union member killed since FTA implementation announced
The packed room of port workers stood in silent commemoration of Daniel Aguirre, a man who dedicated his life to the struggle of the...
- Apr 16, 2012
- 1 min
An Open Letter to Secretary Solis from a Union Member
This is an open letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from union member and Witness for Peace board member John Walsh. It comes after...
- Apr 11, 2012
- 3 min
General Motors in Colombia: the Free Trade Agreement, the Abuses, the Corruption and the Resistance
Jorge Parra, the President of the Association of Sick and Fired Workers Of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL in Spanish), started his...
- Apr 2, 2012
- 1 min
The Summit of the People
by the Witness for Peace Colombia team In the video below, Witness for Peace gives a preview of the Summit of the People, a...
- Oct 6, 2011
- 3 min
Transforming Guilt and Shame into Action and Community
By Jeanine Legato Witness for Peace International Team – Colombia We were in our hotel in Cali, Colombia debriefing the days events of a...
- Sep 1, 2011
- 2 min
Martha Receives a New Death Threat
By Jeanine Legato International Team – Colombia At 9:30 in the evening of August 23rd, Martha Giraldo, Technical Secretary of the...
- Jun 9, 2011
- 1 min
Voices Against the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia
We all know that the debate over the proposed free trade agreement with Colombia is hot in Washington right now. But what are people in...
- May 24, 2011
- 2 min
“I came home with a sense of hope, love, energy, happiness, and peace, knowing that I could ta
By Cecilia Gregg Last summer I had the opportunity to travel to Colombia on a delegation with Witness for Peace (WFP), a politically...
- Mar 18, 2011
- 3 min
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production. By Jess Hunter-Bowman President Barack...
- Oct 18, 2010
- 2 min
Colombian Minorities Develop Policy Proposals for the New Santos Administration
By Andrea Bachmann Last weekend more than 17,000 people gathered at Bogota’s National University for the inaugural meeting of the...
- Oct 7, 2010
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Students and Musicians Support Colombian Sugar Cane Workers
by Andrea Bachmann In Bogotá this past Sunday, October 3rd, student organizers joined several music groups and social organizations to...
- Aug 24, 2010
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New Report Links U.S. Aid to Human Rights Violations in Colombia
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) has released a new report on U.S. military assistance to Colombia and its association with human...
- Aug 5, 2010
- 2 min
Human Rights Backlog Illustrate Concerns about a Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia
By Denny Scott The Washington Post recently commented on the startling backlog of Colombian human rights cases. Our congressional...
- Apr 27, 2010
- 1 min
The Human Face of Coal
Check out this recent column from Lynn Nadeau in Marblehead, MA. She’s been hosting Jairo Fuentes Epaiyu, a Colombian man from a coal...
- Apr 22, 2010
- 2 min
“Tell Everyone What You Witnessed Here”
Within the United States, the struggle in Colombia is too often brushed over or misunderstood. If the Colombian conflict is mentioned at...
- Apr 15, 2010
- 3 min
Seattle Faces the Displaced
Witness for Peace Northwest kicked off its first “Face the Displaced” event of April at Meaningful Movies in the basement of Keystone...
- Apr 5, 2010
- 2 min
Martha Giraldo speaks out about the extrajudicial killing of her father
On March 6th, International Team Member Diego Benitez accompanied Martha Giraldo, a victim whose father was murdered in an extrajudicial...
- Mar 6, 2010
- 3 min
U.S. Military Bases and Colombia’s Displacement Crisis
by Jess Hunter-Bowman, WFP Associate Director Snow and ice crunched under Marino Cordoba’s feet as he walked home last week. He pulled...
- Mar 5, 2010
- 1 min
Song of Loss, Song of Hope
by Melissa Cox, Colombia International Team I first met Daira Quiñones, a courageous community leader, when I interviewed her for the...
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