Peace in Colombia is threatened by the highest number of politically motivated murders in seven years, with more than one victim every three days. And while the FARC-EP has met every agreement, including complete disarmament, the government is dragging its feet and failing to meet its obligations in several key areas. Following is a declaration…
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The Guantanamo of Colombia: Pressure Mounts to Shut Down Notorious US-Funded Prison
Originally published in Upside Down World Written by John Ocampo Friday, 29 January 2016 14:29 SIGN THE PETITION TO CLOSE LA TRAMACÚA, COLOMBIA’S US FUNDED TORTURE PRISON! The campaign to shut down Colombia’s infamous Establecimiento Penitenciario y Carcelario de Alta y Mediana Seguridad de Valledupar “La Tramacua” prison, located in the country’s sweltering Caribbean region and…
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Message from Hubert Ballesteros, Colombian unionist and political prisoner, to North American labor and solidarity activists
Originally published in Fight Back! News Versión en español The following message is a response to a series of questions posed to Hubert Ballesteros by James Jordan of the Alliance for Global Justice. Ballesteros was arrested while negotiating for the National Agrarian Strike of 2013 and charged with Rebellion. He was also serving on the…
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Brutal Repression of National Strike in Colombia-Santos Declares Militarization of Bogotá
by James Jordan SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM TO SEE WHAT ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE! Colombian Armed Forces have brutally attacked members of the “Paro Agrario” National Farmers and Popular Strike, with at least four to five persons dead and reports of hundreds wounded. Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, dismissing strikers as vandals, has ordered…
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Interview with Eberto Diaz Montes, President of FENSUAGRO (United National Federation of Peasant Farmers and Farm Workers), Colombia
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…
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Colombia’s National Encounter for the Land and Peace: Is a Political Solution Possible?
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,