Report from James Jordan, with interview of Lorena Ochoa from Lazos de Dignidad Colombia’s machinery of repression started kicking in even though the National Strike for peace, justice, and human rights was still a day away. My partner, Raquel Mogollón, and I arrived in Bogotá at 3am on Wednesday November 20, 2019. After a much…
Join this historic delegation to Colombia sponsored by US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and the Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ), November 24 – December 4, 2019 Come with USLAW and AfGJ to learn about labor conditions on the third anniversary of the peace accords. We will develop and release a report on Workers and Peace…
On September 27, 2019, the Coalition for Peace in Colombia and the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos) are calling for a Day of Actions for Peace in Colombia. We will formally kick off our new campaign to promote the People’s Travel Advisory on Colombia. We will deliver documents…
by James Patrick Jordan Back in 2015, I went with leaders of the Fensuagro agricultural workers federation to observe a series of consultations in the coffee growing areas of the Department of Tolima. These consultations were to ask rural communities about what their hopes were for the pending Peace Accord, and what kinds of…
Is responsible travel to Colombia even possible given the levels of repression that occur there daily? Our answer to that question is a resounding YES!!! In fact, the Alliance for Global Justice is partnering with US Labor Against the War (USLAW) to take a union solidarity delegation to Colombia November 24-December 4, 2019. If you’d…
Originally published in Liberation A new phase of armed conflict in Colombia has emerged with the declaration by some former leaders of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — People’s Army) that they are reorganizing and rearming as an insurgent force. Iván Márquez (aka Luciano Marín Arango) made the announcement in a press conference…
Colombia remains the world’s most dangerous place to be a union organizer. The International Trade Union Confederation reports that in 2018, 34 union members were murdered. The tally for 2018 is more than double that of 2017’s 15 victims, and 2019 is on pace to surpass 2018. In one organization alone, the FENSUAGRO federation of…
Questions and Answers Regarding the Re-Organization of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army). Many have heard by now about the press conference held on Thursday announcing the re-arming of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army). A press conference was held in which some commanders and peace negotiators from the…
by James Patrick Jordan Note: Even as I finish writing and publishing this piece, we have received two more notifications of paramilitary murders of activists in the area of Caloto, Cauca. Send an email to Colombian authorities demanding protection and an end to the threats against Gerardo Barona and Andy Murcia Under cover of night…
Advertencia Popular para Viajeros a Colombia Para mas información: James@AFGJ.org El gobierno colombiano ha lanzado muchas campañas para cambiar la imagen del país y presentarlo como lugar seguro y divertido para toda la familia, de hecho, un paraíso turístico. Lo cual es una falsedad, toda vez, que en Colombia existe una de las peores crisis…
