Braulio Álvarez is a well-known community leader and National Assembly member in Venezuela, where he serves on the Finance Committee. He has been the target of multiple assassination attempts against peasant leaders reclaiming collective ownership of land. Álvarez discusses the legacy of the Bolivarian Revolution and empowerment of the rural working class formative to…
This interview was conducted with Eberto Díaz Montes by James Patrick Jordan, who also translated it. AFGJ: The National Encounter for the Land and for Peace has been a success in bringing together so many sectors of Colombian society to talk about peace and a political solution to the conflict. Do you believe that this…
by James Jordan The popular movement for a political solution in Colombia has taken a big step forward with the recent National Encounter for the Land and Peace. The August 12-15th gathering in Barrancabermeja was attended by more than 20,000 persons, bringing together peasant, indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities,
