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....
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- 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?
- 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 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 5, 2022
- 3 min
“Loving what we have": the project of the Campesinx University of Miranda (Cauca)
By Jessica García Since 2016, a collective food sovereignty project has been under construction in the small town of Miranda, in...
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
Territorial dispossession, silence and resistance in Bajo Calima
By Jessica García On April 9, as members of Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective, we visited the communities that form part of the...
- 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...
- Dec 18, 2021
- 4 min
December 2021: Evictions in the Bajo Aguan Region, Honduras
By: Matthew Bridges Context in Brief: Since May 2021, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective team has been accompanying agricultural...
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Naya River Reportback
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Colombia team shares their experiences in the Naya River.
- 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...
- 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
- 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.
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