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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...

COVID-19 Crisis in Honduras: What it Means for our WfP-SC Team and Partners on the Ground

By Corie Welch On Sunday night, I made the extremely difficult decision to leave Honduras and return to the United States to continue my...

A Pocket of Resistance in Colombia's Countryside: Campesino Alternatives in Northern Cauca

Last week, our Colombia International Team, along with New England regional organizer Lee Schlenker, accompanied Leider Valencia of COCCAM

A Look Back at 2019

2019 proved to be one of the deadliest years on record for human rights defenders in Colombia. At least 250 social leaders lost their...

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

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...

It’s Official: the Monroe Doctrine Is Back

By Peter Bolton In November 2013, then-Secretary of State John Kerry declared: “The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over.” The reality of...

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...

Mining in Mexico: the NAFTA connection

Out of a list of 926 mining projects in Mexico, there are 85 exploration projects from the U.S.A. 21 have been postponed, 23 in...

Walking the Talk – Reflections from my trip to Mexico with Witness for Peace

by Ivory Taylor San Juan Chilateca, Oaxaca, Mexico – Our Witness for Peace Midwest delegation arrived in the small town of San Juan...

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...

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...

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 ...

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