by James Patrick Jordan I recently visited the Department of La Guajira on behalf of the Alliance for Global Justice. I was with Raquel Mogollón who works with the organization Camino Común. While we were in La Guajira, we were asked to meet with members of the Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuú (FMW, Women’s Wayuú Force)…
by James Patrick Jordan When corporate media is obsessing on one story, you can pretty much bet that another story is being ignored or, more likely, purposely hidden and obscured. Corporate media, ever beating the drums for whatever war, coup, or intervention the oligarchs are pushing, plays its dutiful and subservient role. The example that…
Live Blogging: Colombia’s National Strike, Venezuela vs. the Empire Simón Bolívar, “the Great Liberator”, had a dream of liberation from Empire and slavery, of just peace, of a united and soverign people throughout South America. Especially he fought for the people of Gran Colombia, today’s nations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. The dream and the…
Indigenous, Afro-Colombian, and rural popular movement leaders wait for President Duque to sign accords for land rights and an end to political violence. Only 200 meters away, Duque changes his mind and goes home. The Alliance for Global Justice is saddened and enraged that Colombia’s President Iván Duque, just 200 yards away, decided to abandon…
Thank you to everyone who sent emails to Colombian authorities and made calls to the embassy in support of the demands of the “minga” indigenous and rural community consultations and protests. Government negotiators reached agreements with protest leaders on Saturday night. President Iván Duque will be in Cauca on Tuesday to finalize the matter.. AfGJ supporters sent…
by James Patrick Jordan UPDATE: We have more news about the killing of Jhon Jairo Noscue. He was killed in crossfire when he responded to a call for help from a person who was being attacked by armed assailants. We have not received word about the motivation of the killers, whether or not this was…
Español abajo – ¡CUATRO ASALTOS EN CUATRO DÍAS! ¡SOLIDARIDAD CON LA MINGA! Click here to send a message to President Iván Duque calling on him to meet with the minga and end the state violence in Cajibío and throughout Cauca Hace clic aqui para enviar un mensaje a Presidente Iván Duque pidiendolo que reune con…
There is a crisis happening right now in Cauca, Colombia. The Colombian Armed Forces have attacked a “minga” in the village of Cairo, municipality of Cajibío – twice in two days – and are still present and threatening more assaults. The minga is a collective consultation called by indigenous, Afro-Colombian, and farming communities and…
Para unir su organización a esta carta, manda un correo electrónico a James@AFGJ.org Enviado por el Observatorio de Derechos Humanos del Pueblo A presidente Iván Duque, las autoridades colombianas, y la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Hay una cacería de brujas actualmente contra los defensores de Derechos Humanos, la Fundación Lazos de Dignidad (FLD), y…
If your organization would like to sign on to this open letter, send an email to James@AFGJ.org To read in Spanish Open Letter from the People’s Human Rights Observatory To President Ivan Duque, the Colombian authorities, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: There is a witch hunt currently against the human rights defenders,…
