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Field Diaries from the Peace Community

Field Diaries from the Peace Community Day 1 Hi, I’m Luna, a 22-year-old political science student from Austria. My passion for Latin America began during several trips and deepened through my studies of the region’s history of oppression. Now, I’m excited to spend...

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,...