After 11 years of resistance, injured GM workers still awaiting a response from the United States
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On August 2, 2011, the Association of Injured and Former Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) set up a...
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- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Mar 20, 2020
- 7 min
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...
- Feb 6, 2020
- 2 min
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
- Jan 9, 2020
- 5 min
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...
- 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
- 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 21, 2019
- 10 min
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...
- 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...
- Aug 11, 2016
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 26, 2016
- 4 min
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...
- 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 ...
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