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Returning to Mulatos

Marion Hiptmair accompanied the Peace Community in 2009 and 2010, during which she and her team frequently traveled to Mulatos, a remote settlement deep in the jungle. After a brutal massacre in February 2005 that led to widespread displacement, residents were only...

The Path Towards Justice

Last July 8, we accompanied the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the village of La Unión at their annual commemoration of the massacre of 6 young leaders of the Peace Community 24 years ago.  The young men were mainly involved in organizing the return of...

HONORING THE DISAPPEARED IN MAY – HELP US FIND THEM

Original in Spanish Thank you for your efforts and solidarity to help create - from memory - the changes that comprehensive reconciliation and peace require in Colombia and the world. The last week of May is the International Week of the Detained and Disappeared,...

CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOTHER HOUSE CONTINUES IN BLANQUITA MURRI

Original text in Spanish Between March 20th and 24th 2024, Fellowship Of Reconciliation Peace Presence accompanied the Blanquita Murri Interethnic Peace Table and Conpazcol in a day of Minga -- a communal work day -- to continue work on the Mother House, a space for...

We Demand Justice for Nallely and Edinson

The murders of Nallely and Édinson On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Peace Community members Nallely Sepúlveda (30 years old) and her brother-in-law Édinson David (14 years old) were murdered. The murder took place in the village of La Esperanza on the collective farm of...

Principles of the Peace Community: Training

An excerpt from “Principles of the Peace Community” A quote from Eduar Lanchero Jiménez: "What is training? For Aníbal, what training involved was very clear. It is something that we have continued amongst ourselves. It does not involve having knowledge. Look, a lot...