The Alliance for Global Justice and the People’s Human Rights Observatory express our profound alarm over the recent threats against Peace Worker and labor leader William Salazar and his family. Salazar is the president of SINDHEP, the union of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia’s Ombudsman’s (peoples advocate) office. He is also the president of REDSIPAZ,…
(This video, produced by Tanya Nuñez, is a conversation with a spokesperson for one of the communities most impacted by threats and assassinations in Colombia. Alirio presents important ideas for ending political violence and advancing the vision of a new Colombia.) Declaración de Solidaridad con el ETCR Dagoberto Ortiz en la vereda Monterredondo, Miranda, Cauca,…
by James Patrick Jordan For years the US government has given the wrong kind of aid to Colombia – billions of dollars for war and repression, and to secure profits for global capitalism. It has made Colombia both a dependent state and a crucially strategic military colony for US imperialism. What it has not…
Colombia’s National Protection Unit (UNP – Unidad de Protección Nacional) is consistently NOT providing the necessary vehicles and other tools for the protection of human rights defenders, social leaders, and signers of the peace accords. This has resulted in unnecessary casualties such as the death of Ronald Rojas, ex combatant, peace accord signer, and a…
Might the US Support a Coup in Colombia? The Colombian oligarchy wants to remove Gustavo Petro from the presidency. Are US actors helping? The following article is an important update about the threats in Colombia of a coup against the administration of President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Fráncia Márquez. Petro and Márquez came to…
Labor Unions and Peace in Colombia / El Sindicalismo y la Paz en Colombia Presentado en español con interpretación en inglés Presented in Spanish, with English interpretation Miercoles 24 de mayo de 2023. 2:00 pm hora de Colombia. Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Noon Pacific Time, 1pm Mountain, 2pm Central, and 3pm Eastern Register today! Colombia’s…
Diego Mejía, signer of Colombia’s peace accord, and member of the Memoria Viva (Living Memory) union’s national council, was assassinated by two hit men on April 9, 2023, in Puerto Asis, Putumayo, Colombia. On April 13, union member Jhon Jader Ferreyra was wounded in another attack in Ibague in the Department of Tolima. Both these…
By James Patrick Jordan Send an email to the White House and to your Senator to urge that the White House withdraw, and that the Senate reject, the nomination of SouthComm’s Jean Elizabeth Manes as the next ambassador to Colombia. The ambassador to Colombia should be an ambassador for peace, not an agent of US…
Thursday, January 12, 2023 7pm Eastern and Colombia Time, 6pm Central, 5pm Mountain, and 4pm Pacific Register for the webinar The proposal of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro for a Total Peace Plan is an exciting development that could bring an end to political violence that has left more than 200,000 persons known dead, another 90,000…
Police, Repression, and Popular Movements in Colombia: Webinar this Thursday, September 15, 8p ET, 7pm CT and Colombia, 6p MT, and 5p PT. Featuring presentations by Colombian Congressperson Alirio Uribe, Juan Esteban Martínez (Campaña Libertad Ya), Camille Landry (AFGJ), Alberto Bejarano (Trabajo y Justicia—Grupo Jurídico), and Stephanie Ortiz (Fundación Lazos de Dignidad). Moderated by Nina…
