After a four-hour jeep ride through thick forest and passing over waterfalls, the valley of Blanquita-Murrí, Frontino, Antioquia opened up in front of us. Wide forests and grasslands surrounded the main settlement of the high mountain plain, which is the hub for the...
War and Conflict
Public Apologies and Reconciliation: FARC Take Responsibility for La Chinita Massacre
Para la versión en español haz click aqui. Written by Tom Power, FOR-PP accompanier, who was present at the September event. The article was also published by Global Voices. A few days before the national plebiscite vote that rejected the peace accords, two of the...
A Racial Analysis of Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite
written by Chris Courtheyn, FOR Peace Presence Board member I offer the following analysis of the recent Colombian plebiscite as a political geographer from the United States, currently working in Colombia, who has worked in solidarity with Colombian human rights...
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...
State Retracts Peace Community Smear – But President Doesn’t Show
By FOR Colombia Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 10:41am By Emily Schmitz The brutal massacre that took the lives of eight civilians, including three children on February 21, 2005 in the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó, has become an emblematic case of government...