The last invasion of Latin America by US military forces was in 1989, when Bush invaded Panama to overthrow Noriega. Although we were never certain that it would not happen again, we understood that it was unlikely. Today, the return to a past of submission to our northern neighbor is evident.

La última invasión de fuerzas militares estadounidenses sobre América Latina fue en 1989, cuando Bush invadió Panamá para derrocar a Noriega. Si bien nunca hemos tenido la certeza de que ello no volvería a ocurrir, entendíamos que se trataba de un hecho poco probable. Hoy el retorno a un pasado de sumisión a nuestro vecino del norte es evidente.

The U.S. celebrated the extradition as a victory in their effort to dismantle drug trafficking. In reality, the only thing it is dismantling is victims’ right to the truth. By Evan King Fransisco Miguel Soto Lopez, a 54 year-old plantain seller from the department of Cordoba in northwestern Colombia, was on his way to the town’s central market when suddenly two armed men arrived on a motorcycle. The men were members of the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), a

By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On January 25, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed into law the widely-rejected Citizen Security Law 2197 of 2022. Human rights organizations and members of the opposition have filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court against 13 of its Articles, claiming that it criminalizes social protest. On February 8, during the High Level Dialogues between Colombia and the United States, the U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affai

By Evan King and Pambana Gutto Bassett Since April 28th hundreds of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to demand the end...

Original in Spanish by Contagio Radio According to the Justice and Peace Commission, there have been numerous testimonies pointing to the...

The Solidarity Collective wholeheartedly supports and stands in solidarity with communities rising up in protest across the country to...

Daira recalls her beloved village of La Nupa as a tight-knit Afro-Colombian community where people once moved freely and sang and danced...

by (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on Drugs has contributed mightily to the violence and poverty individuals, families,...

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by Carlin Christy, Mexico Team This December 1st, it might have been possible for Mexicans to breathe a collective sigh of relief. The...

WFP Colombia Team With the end of the U.S. presidential election, political commentators have begun predicting what the differences and...

By Alissa Escarce, former Witness for Peace Delegate For the past two weeks two white buses, each emblazoned with red block letters...

“The bullets fell from above like rain.” Recently, Witness for Peace partnered with PROAH, which provides International Human Rights...

By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia This is the final installment of Witness’s February trip to Urabá (find links to past posts here and...

The following is a release from the Comite de Familias de Detenidos y Desaparecidos de Honduras. All credit for translation attributed...

By Claudia Rodriguez Witness for Peace’s Mexico-based International Team The biggest news coming out of Mexico is the violence as a...

By Riahl O´Malley and Brooke Denmark Witness for for Peace International Team – Nicaragua Driving into Triunfo de la Cruz, a Garifuna...

By Amanda Tello Witness for Peace Delegations Assistant Every year, thousands of migrants risk their lives on a treacherous journey...