"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....
- Dec 1, 2022
- 5 min
"Here I am, here I will stay"
A mother's relentless search for justice in the face of violations committed by U.S. military personnel under Plan Colombia.
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
"If there weren't so many guns, there wouldn't be so many dead"
If weapons have only generated death and pain, why does militarization of territories continue?
- Jun 23, 2022
- 6 min
Colombia Presidential Elections 2022 - Runoff for the Government of Life
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia makes a government shift to the...
- 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 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...
- Jun 3, 2021
- 9 min
Popular Resistance in the Age of Neoliberal War: The Case of Colombia
By Evan King and Pambana Gutto Bassett Since April 28th hundreds of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to demand the end...
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Colombia's National Police Running "Chop Houses" and Mass Graves to Disappear Victims
Original in Spanish by Contagio Radio According to the Justice and Peace Commission, there have been numerous testimonies pointing to the...
- 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....
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Urgent Action: Social Leader, Maria Eugenia Mosquera, Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective expresses solidarity with Colombian Social Leader, Human Rights defender, and partner María...
- 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...
- 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”
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