US Munitions Used in Violent Repression of Ongoing Strikes in Buenaventura, Colombia
Tell your member of Congress to, in accordance with Leahy Law, immediately suspend aid, including munitions, to the ESMAD anti-riot unit...
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- May 29, 2017
- 3 min
Municiones estadounidenses utilizadas en represión en Buenaventura
Acción Permanente por la Paz está seriamente perturbada por el uso de municiones estadounidenses -específicamente los gases lacrimógenos...
- May 29, 2017
- 3 min
WFP Urgent Action in Buenaventura, Colombia
Police Repression of Civic Strike in Buenaventura, Colombia: Demand the US State Department And Congressional Leadership Act to Promote a...
- Apr 12, 2017
- 7 min
Connecting Dots Across Borders: Here and There, Resistance Everywhere
By Anita Kline, WFP delegate to Colombia in December 2016 “Tell me about your trip to Colombia!” The leaders of our Witness for Peace...
- Feb 16, 2017
- 2 min
Colombian Community Displaced: Take Action for Justice
Click here or see below to send a message to the US embassy in Colombia and the State Department to demand adequate protection and...
- Feb 15, 2017
- 4 min
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...
- Feb 11, 2017
- 1 min
Support Colombian Flower Workers!
With Mother’s Day approaching, did you know that 65% of flowers in the U.S. come from Colombia? Unfortunately, though, cheaper flowers...
- Jan 20, 2017
- 3 min
WFP Statement and Condemnation of Recent Assassinations in Buenaventura and Urabá, Colombia
Witness for Peace was greatly saddened this morning to hear of the recent assassination of our Colombian partner Emilsen Manyoma Mosquera...
- Nov 1, 2016
- 8 min
How Does One Explain the Murder of a Child in the Middle of Such Pain and Fear?
How Does One Explain the Murder of a Child in the Middle of Such Pain and Fear? Also at a Time When Nests are Being Woven to Shelter the...
- Oct 5, 2016
- 4 min
Statement on the Plebiscite Vote in Colombia
On October 2nd, in a very close vote, a majority of Colombians who participated in a plebiscite on the recently signed peace accords...
- Sep 12, 2016
- 3 min
The Sounds of Silence
Commemorating the six-month anniversary of the assassination of Berta Cáceres, Hondurans demand justice. On the morning of September 2nd,...
- Aug 19, 2016
- 5 min
Connecting the Dots: How US neo-liberal policies and the Drug War contribute to human rights abuses
A critique of the abuses committed by the Mexican government against its own people requires a critical analysis of the role of US...
- Jul 20, 2016
- 6 min
“In Havana, they are not resolving the issue of peace:” An interview with Enrique Chimonja
By Lisa Taylor What continues below is the transcription of an interview conducted by Lisa Taylor, member of Witness for Peace’s...
- Jun 28, 2016
- 3 min
International Accompaniment NGOs’ Statement Regarding the Peace Process
International Accompaniment NGOs’ Statement Regarding the Situation of Human Rights Defenders during the Colombian Peace Process As...
- Feb 4, 2016
- 4 min
15 Years Later: The “Great Success” of Plan Colombia
A slightly edited version of this article appears in Upside Down World. This February 4, celebrating the “historic collaboration” between...
- Oct 14, 2015
- 4 min
Open Letter from the Portworkers Union of Colombia
The following is an open letter from the Portworkers Union of Colombia regarding their ongoing negotiations with CIAMSA, a company that...
- Jul 3, 2015
- 4 min
Coca-Cola’s new bottling plant threatens workers’ rights in Colombia
On June 5, Coca-Cola FEMSA – the Mexican franchise of Atlanta-headquartered multinational The Coca-Cola Company – inaugurated its seventh...
- May 16, 2015
- 4 min
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 ...
- Apr 25, 2015
- 4 min
On 1st Anniversary, Puente Nayero Humanitarian Space Inspires Nonviolent Resistance in Buenaventura
On April 13, 2014, an Afro-Colombian community of approximately 300 families known as Puente Nayero did something unprecedented in...
- Apr 15, 2015
- 4 min
Coca-Cola Workers on Hunger Strike
Coca-Cola workers affiliated with the Sinaltrainal union are currently gathering in the center of Bogotá to protest unjust working...
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