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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dec 24, 2019
- 3 min
The Fight for Justice Continues: Daira Quiñones Returns to La Nupa
Daira recalls her beloved village of La Nupa as a tight-knit Afro-Colombian community where people once moved freely and sang and danced...
- Mar 3, 2017
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- Aug 7, 2015
- 4 min
Six Reasons the Drug War is Disastrous for Latin America
by (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on Drugs has contributed mightily to the violence and poverty individuals, families,...
- Sep 8, 2014
- 3 min
“Security” in Mexico doesn’t apply to many human rights defenders
Felipe Calderón, president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, had a way of talking that sounded a bit like George W. Bush, which is to say...
- Nov 30, 2012
- 5 min
December 1: Mexican Presidential Power Transitions from one Human Rights Violator to the Next
by Carlin Christy, Mexico Team This December 1st, it might have been possible for Mexicans to breathe a collective sigh of relief. The...
- Nov 15, 2012
- 5 min
Election Blog Series – Drug Policy Reform at Home and Abroad
WFP Colombia Team With the end of the U.S. presidential election, political commentators have begun predicting what the differences and...
- Aug 28, 2012
- 7 min
Live from the Caravan for Peace: Mexican Drug War Victims Travel The US and Call for Policy Change
By Alissa Escarce, former Witness for Peace Delegate For the past two weeks two white buses, each emblazoned with red block letters...
- Jun 5, 2012
- 4 min
“The bullets fell from above like rain:” accounts from the Ahuas tragedy
“The bullets fell from above like rain.” Recently, Witness for Peace partnered with PROAH, which provides International Human Rights...
- May 9, 2012
- 3 min
Verification Mission: Illicit Coca Crops Endangering Collective Land 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...
- Nov 16, 2011
- 3 min
Leading Honduran Human Rights Group Rallies Against U.S. Bases
The following is a release from the Comite de Familias de Detenidos y Desaparecidos de Honduras. All credit for translation attributed...
- Oct 27, 2011
- 4 min
The Drug War and Migration Collide
By Claudia Rodriguez Witness for Peace’s Mexico-based International Team The biggest news coming out of Mexico is the violence as a...
- Oct 20, 2011
- 3 min
“We can neither eat bullets nor guns”: the impact of U.S. military aid on Garifuna commu
By Riahl O´Malley and Brooke Denmark Witness for for Peace International Team – Nicaragua Driving into Triunfo de la Cruz, a Garifuna...
- Oct 17, 2011
- 5 min
The Untold Stories of Female Migrants
By Amanda Tello Witness for Peace Delegations Assistant Every year, thousands of migrants risk their lives on a treacherous journey...
- Oct 7, 2011
- 2 min
Fleeing an unsecure world, only to come to one that you still feel unsafe in!
By Emmy Andersson Intern, Witness for Peace Have you ever thought, “I am glad I was born here, I am glad I was born in a family that...
- Sep 16, 2011
- 6 min
Mexico’s Caravan for Peace Unites Voices of Resistance in Oaxaca
By the Mexico-based International Team “Today confusion, fear, distrust, shamelessness, fraud, death, and impunity reign. But in our...
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