Erythroxylum: The Condemned Leaf
By Liza González Perafán, INDEPAZ One by one, the leaves enter the mouth like bread, breaking up between bites and saliva. They settle in...
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- Jul 20, 2019
- 4 min
Six Reasons the Drug War is Disastrous for Latin America
by (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on Drugs has contributed mightily to the violence and poverty individuals, families,...
- Jul 1, 2019
- 3 min
Inter-Church Commission of Justice & Peace notes increase in threats against social leaders
By Alexzandria Sanchez Our partners from the Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace (Justicia y Paz) have seen an overwhelming...
- Jun 21, 2019
- 4 min
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
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Colombian Peace Activist, Nidiria Ruiz, Receives Death Threat
Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective expresses grave concern over the death threat one of our partners received in Colombia. Today,...
- May 21, 2019
- 3 min
Senator Leahy Denounces Potential Return to Extrajudicial Killings in Colombia
This article was originally published by El TIEMPO in Spanish and was translated by the Colombia Team. US Senator Patrick Leahy asked the...
- Apr 24, 2019
- 2 min
Colombian Army Involved in Extrajudicial Killing in Catatumbo
Residents of the Carrizal village in the municipality Convention, Norte de Santander denounce the assassination of a demobilized FARC...
- Apr 22, 2019
- 6 min
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...
- Apr 9, 2019
- 6 min
Eradicating Peace in Colombia
Colombia’s new president, Iván Duque, continues to push for failed supply-side drug war policies in Colombia—a reversal of alternative...
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
Nos solidarizamos con la "Minga" en Cauca, Colombia.
El Colectivo Acción Permanente por la Paz (APP) proclama su sincera solidaridad con la gente del Cauca que esta participando en la...
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
We stand in solidarity with the "Minga" in Cauca, Colombia
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective proclaims its wholehearted solidarity with the people of Cauca currently participating in the...
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
URGENT ACTION - Ongoing Repression in Bajo Atrato region of Colombia
URGENT ACTION -Ongoing Repression in Bajo Atrato region of Colombia: Tell your Congressional Representatives to Take Action The Witness...
- Feb 23, 2019
- 2 min
Armed Clashes Threatens Civilians in Humanitarian Zones
On February 18, four displaced families arrived at the Humanitarian Zone La Esperanza. The displacement is due to several armed clashes...
- May 29, 2018
- 3 min
Urgent Action: Return of Aerial Fumigation with Glyphosate
Witness for Peace expresses grave concern over the return to aerial fumigation in Colombia and the United States’ continued pressure to...
- May 29, 2018
- 3 min
Afro-Colombian Communities of the Naya River Defend Their Lives and Lands
Saturday morning dawned clear and hot on May 19th in Puerto Merizalde, the largest town on the Naya River, near the Pacific coast of...
- Apr 4, 2018
- 4 min
How Americans Created Their Own Border Crisis
By Carlissa Arrow For decades, the United States has been undergoing a humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico Border. Ironically, this...
- Dec 18, 2017
- 2 min
Fighting for Human Rights: Delegation Witnesses the Economic and Political Realities of Colombia
By Kristen Treinen “Be proud of your son; he never folded.” – Juan Iván Hurtado Garcia, whose brotherJairo was disappeared by the...
- Oct 19, 2017
- 2 min
U.S. Pressure for Forcible Eradication a Factor in Tragic event in Tumaco, Colombia
By Samantha Wherry & John Walsh The deaths of at least 6 rural farmers in Tumaco, Colombia on Thursday, October 5th showed yet again the...
- Oct 17, 2017
- 2 min
Leaders of Buenaventura Civic Strike Threatened
By Samantha Wherry International news about Colombia depicts a similar narrative: a picture of a Colombia that, after more than 50 years...
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