Haz click aquí para ver el artículo en español On September 2nd, 2014, FOR Peace Presence visited the community of Naranjala and Yucala, Nilo, Cundinamarca, only a few kilometers away from the tourist destination Melgar. Around 1920, the first families of this...
Year: 2014
Hope in the Midst of a Violent Crisis: Life in Buenaventura´s Urban Humanitarian Space
By Nikki Drake, accompanier at FOR Peace Presence Article originally published on Upside Down World An alarm of lively music starts each day around 6am, and the street slowly comes to life. Sweetened coffee percolates in houses, fishermen head out in their small...
Demand justice for communities displaced by coal mines
- This public action was published originally on the World Development Movement website - Communities in Colombia are standing up to multinational mining companies displacing them from their land. Cerrejón Coal, which operates the biggest open-cast coal mine in Latin...
The Fight to Abstain From Violence in Colombia
Para español, haz clic aquí Written by Nikki Drake, an accompanier on the FOR Peace Presence team. Published originally here in NACLA Report on the Americas. As he walked into the room, his face was tense and solemn. He had been here for over three months. His name is...
La lucha para abstenerse de la violencia en Colombia
For english, click here Escrito por Nikki Drake, quien forma parte del equipo FOR Presente por la Paz. Se encuentra el artículo publicado aquí en NACLA Reporte de las Americas El joven entra en el salón con el rostro tenso y solemne. Ha estado aquí en el batallón más...
8th of July 2000 – Massacre in La Unión / 8 de Julio de 2000 – Masacre de La Unión
On the 8th of July 2000, a group of paramilitaries executed six young leaders of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the center of La Unión. The massacre happened four months after an FOR delegation had visited the Peace Community. After the...
Conscientious Objector Detained in Arauca
En español: Objetor de Consciencia Retenido en Arauca FOR Peace Presence is concerned about the rights and well-being of a conscientious objector who has been held against his will since April 7, 2014 in a military brigade in the department of Arauca. Background...
Objetor de consciencia retenido en Arauca
In English: Conscientious Objector Detained in Arauca FOR Presente por la Paz está muy preocupado por los derechos y la salud de un objetor de conciencia quien está detenido en contra de su voluntad desde el 7 de abril 2014, en una brigada del ejército Colombiano en...