"As women we're able to resist with our bodies" Women's resistance to violence in Colombia
By Jessica Garcia Translation: Pambana Gutto Bassett For more than a year, countless forced displacements have been carried out across the...
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- Mar 15
- 3 min
Resistance in the face of oblivion and indifference
Hundreds of forcibly displaced Indigenous families in Bogotá continue to demand a comprehensive response from the Colombian government....
- Jul 5, 2022
- 8 min
"We are not asking to be given rights, we are demanding them"
We interviewed the social leader Andrés Maíz to learn more about his long fight for land rights and his work with Lxs Sin Techo.
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
Colombia's First Round Presidential Elections - Not Enough for Change
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On Sunday, May 29, 2022, the first round of the Presidential Elections was held in Colombia. The left-leaning...
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
10 years of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement in Buenaventura: forced displacement increases
In May, the US-Colombia free trade agreement marked its 10th anniversary. On this anniversary, a humanitarian mission was organized in...
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
In the face of State impunity, popular justice: the People's Tribunal in Siloé
In the first anniversary of the beginning of the historic National Strike in Colombia, a People' s Tribunal was organized in Siloé,...
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
The Extradition of “Otoniel” to the United States is a Recipe for Impunity
The U.S. celebrated the extradition as a victory in their effort to dismantle drug trafficking. In reality, the only thing it is...
- Apr 25, 2022
- 5 min
Members of US Progressive Caucus met with President Xiomara Castro of Honduras
By Julián Arturo On March 19, 2022, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective in collaboration with SOA Watch, CISPES, and other...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 5 min
State Repression and Militarization in Post-Peace Accords Colombia
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On January 25, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed into law the widely-rejected Citizen...
- Mar 8, 2022
- 10 min
Leading Territorial Resistance: The Voices of Three Colombian Women Leaders
By Jessica Garcia On this March 8th, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective honours the women who resist in their territories across...
- Jan 31, 2022
- 2 min
Trial of Guapinol Water Protectors Continues in Honduras
By John Walsh Since January 13th, the trial of 8 community activists and water protectors from Guapinol, Honduras has been under way in...
- Feb 11, 2021
- 10 min
Jilamito River Protectors and the War for Water in Honduras
Original article published in spanish by Redacción CRITERIO.HN Please also see Part 2 and Part 3 of this Criterio series on Jilamito....
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Colombian Human Rights Defender, Leider Valencia, is Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective was just informed about a serious threat against the life of Colombian Social Leader, Human...
- Dec 19, 2020
- 2 min
Drummond President on Trial for Alleged Paramilitary Ties
Current Drummond President, José Miguel Linares, and the former president, Augusto Jiménez, are being charged by the Colombian Attorney
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
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 2, 2020
- 4 min
The Ghost of the Black Eagles: The Invisible Face of Politicide in Colombia
In the past few months, a number of threatening pamphlets, signed by the paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras”
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
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.
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
5 Dead and 80 More Injured as Police Open Fire into Crowds of Protesters in Colombia
On Wednesday September 10th, after unarmed lawyer Javier Ordoñez was murdered by police, protesters took to the streets in cities across...
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
The U.S. is financing illegal hydroelectric projects in Honduras with taxpayer dollars
On July 21st, the newly created U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced that it signed an agreement with the...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Statement in Solidarity with Communities Demanding Justice for George Floyd
The Solidarity Collective wholeheartedly supports and stands in solidarity with communities rising up in protest across the country to...
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