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Naya River Reportback
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Colombia team shares their experiences in the Naya River.
Mar 17, 20213 min read
The Hidden Pandemic: How U.S. Arms Sales Have Fueled Decades of Violence in Latin America
In 2017, following the fraudulent re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Hondurans took to the street to demand justice and the...
Dec 15, 20203 min read
U.S.-backed Anti-Narcotics Police Attack Indigenous Community
On Monday November 30th, helicopters buzzed atop the Nasa Indigenous community of El Descanso, in the Southern department of Putumayo.
Dec 2, 20202 min read
U.S Sends Troops to Fight Unarmed Poor People in Colombia
The United States Army is deploying a “company-sized” Special Forces team to support and advise Colombian anti-narcotics operations...
Jun 2, 20204 min read
No Peace in Sight: Indigenous Colombians Face Growing Levels of Forced Displacement
By Samantha Wherry and Evan King When traveling on a boat to Pichima Quebrada, a small Wounaan indigenous community located along the...
Aug 6, 20196 min read
15 años después: El “gran éxito” del Plan Colombia
Por Lisa Taylor, Acción Permanente por la Paz Colombia Este artículo aparece en inglés en el periódico en línea Upside Down World. Este 4...
Feb 4, 20165 min read
Impunity and the Dirty War in Mexico: a Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Hearing
Just two days after the pre-trial hearing of the Permanent People’s Tribunal: Repression for Political Reasons: a Permanent Strategy of...
Sep 19, 20133 min read
Veracruz shouts: Enough already! / Veracruz grita: ¡Ya basta!
(ver la versión en espanol abajo) El Colectivo por la Paz(Peace Collective) is the Veracruz chapter of the Movement for Peace and Justice...
Jul 3, 20135 min read
Why I decided to Boycott Illegal Drugs
I grew up in Colombia, hearing about cartel members and drug lords who were killing each other, and innocent people, in order to gain...
Mar 31, 20139 min read
Car Bomb Explodes in Bogotá as Trade Accord Begins
By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...
May 21, 20123 min read
Freedom of Expression in Mexico Threatened as Journalists are Systematically Targeted
by Moravia de la O, WFP Mexico This past Sunday, authorities found journalist Rene Orta Salgado’s body in the trunk of his car in the...
May 18, 20123 min read
Estamos Hasta la Madre! Voices from Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity
By Witness for Peace Mexico Team “I’ve been looking for my son for a year and one month! Do those of you who haven’t lost a child know...
May 4, 20123 min read
Hope and Strength in the Face of Violence, Grief, and Despair
By Claudia Ana Rodriguez, WFP Mexico This past weekend, my fellow team member Carlin Christy, and I went to Cuernavaca, a small city in...
Apr 26, 20125 min read
Second Major Peace March in Mexico is Mobilizing
“Estamos hasta la madre!” (“We’ve had it up to here!”) By Claudia Ana Rodriguez International Team – Mexico Witness for Peace The chant...
May 5, 20112 min read
The Elephant in the Room with Obama and Calderón
By Moravia de la O International Team – Mexico Witness for Peace Amid rising tensions between their governments, yesterday Presidents...
Mar 4, 20112 min read
Why the Merida Initiative Isn’t Working…and What We Can Do to Change it
by Stephanie Brewer, Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez (CentroProdh) Recently, President Barack Obama announced his...
Jun 7, 20104 min read
Oaxaca Attack Exposes Repression of Social Movements
On April 27th, a caravan of people intending to enter San Juan Copala was attacked by an armed group. Residents of San Juan Copala had...
May 7, 20103 min read
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