We at the Alliance for Global Justice want to express our sincerest gratitude to all of you who have acted to support the popular strike in Cali and throughout Colombia during this period of brutal repression. Despite the repression, the biggest story of all is that even with all their US supplied guns and bullets…
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL STRIKE IN COLOMBIA Send an email to Colombian authorities and the White House demanding an end to the repression. Send an email to your Congress person urging them to take appropriate actions to end the assaults on the National Strike. Send an email to Colombian, U.S., and…
by James Patrick Jordan “James, we are here. There are many wounded, many captured, many bullets, just everything. This is horrible.” The message is from Darnelly Rodriguez, her voice shaking with emotion. Darne is a spokesperson for the Francisco Isaias Cifuentes Human Rights Network (REDDHFIC), and acting coordinator for the Centro Pazífico (Human Rights Center…
Colombia commemorates today. April 9, 2021, the tenth anniversary of the National Victm’s Day. This day was institutionalized by ex-president Manuel Santos, thru the Victims and Land Restitution Law, to recognized and compensate Colombian victims of human rights abuses during the long-running arm conflict. The Victims and Land Restitution law, defines a victim as “those people…
por Eunice Escobar Click here to read in English Buenaventura, el Pacifico colombiano y otras regiones del país continúan sumergidos en una ola de violencia que ha conllevado a nuevos altos índices de confinamiento y desplazamiento interno forzado. El territorio ancestral alrededor de este puerto internacional es una zona afectada por el conflicto armado y…
by Eunice Escobar, translated from Spanish original by Adrián Boutureira Para leer el original en español… Buenaventura, the Colombian Pacific and other regions of the country remain submerged in a wave of violence that has led to all-new highs in rates of confinement and forced internal displacement. The ancestral territory around this international port is…
by Maya Hernández Send an email to Colombian authorities to demand an end to the displacement and violence in Buenaventura Buenaventura is the main port for Colombian foreign trade and the second largest city in the prosperous state of Valle del Cauca. Historically, the territory has been inhabited by Afro-descendants, indigenous peoples, and campesinos. Despite…
Buenaventura, Colombia, tiene el puerto principal de comercio al exterior y la segunda ciudad más grande del próspero estado del Valle del Cauca. Históricamente, el territorio ha sido habitado por afrodescendientes, indígenas, y campesinos. A pesar de la diversidad y riqueza cultural de este territorio, es conocido principalmente por sus altos niveles de pobreza, dificultades…
Please send an email to Colombian authorities to demand safety for Darnelly Rodgriguez and for all human rights defenders with REDDHFIC! We share the following news with great alarm. Darnelly Rodriguez is a Colombian human rights worker in Cali who is closely connected with the Alliance for Global Justice. For the second time in…
By: Madeline McClure BHP and Rio Tinto, two of the world’s largest resource extraction companies, have earned themselves a solid reputation for obliterating native lands and communities throughout the world. Leaders in the international mining market, the British-Australian companies are globally condemned for their labor, environmental and human rights abuses. Today, they’re hard at work…
