The displacement of Asotracampo Tamarindo is currently underway. Riot police, bulldozers, and a group of civilans armed with machetes have started demolishing the homes of local families; the vast majority displaced from other regions by Colombia's armed conflict....
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FOR Peace Presence Monthly Update – March 2015
March was a big month for our team in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. The team started off with a round of meetings in Apartadó, including meetings with the local office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ombudsman Office, the Urabá Police, and...
Amnesty International Releases Report about Land Restitution Featuring El Tamarindo
Amnesty International released a report entitled "Colombia: A Land Title is Not Enough: Ensuring Sustainable Land Restitution in Colombia," highlighting the community of Tamarindo, where FOR Peace Presence accompanies. Access to land is one of the root causes for the...
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...