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...
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Unidos y Resistiendo en el Espacio Humanitario El Mirador
For English, click here Traducción por Kara Watkins El 7 de noviembre 2014: Organizaciones nacionales e internacionales se reunieron en el Espacio Humanitario El Mirador como parte de una Comisión Humanitaria que evaluó varios aspectos de la situación actual de la...
Organizations asked that the IACHR urge the Colombian State to comply with international obligations, to declare a moratorium on mining and energy projects, and establish a Working Group between authorities and the affected communities
They also asked that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urge the State to adequately attend to the victims of the forced displacement caused by the "development" projects, and to begin a dialogue between the victims and the authorities seeking...
Notes from the Peace Community: FORista Writes Home After Leaving Urabá
by FORPP Accompanier Gale Stafford Para español, haz clic aquí October 20th, 2014 Dear Friends, I'm back, I swear I haven't dropped off the face of the earth! (Or even permanently left Colombia!). It's a busy time, but considering that I found a drafted email to you...
Apuntes de la Comunidad de Paz: FORista escribe a casa después de salir de Urabá
por Gale Stafford, acompañante de FORPP For English, click here El 20 de octubre, 2014 Queridxs amigxs, Ya volví, y ¡les prometo que no me he caído del superficie de la tierra! (¡Ni salido permanentemente de Colombia!) Es un tiempo ocupado, pero considerando que...
Displaced and Duty-Free in El Tamarindo, Colombia
Check out this post by former FOR-PP accompanier Luke Finn about the situation in El Tamarindo, published on the NACLA blog March 24, 2014. The community of El Tamarindo lies about three kilometers outside the Barranquilla, Colombia’s fourth-biggest city and the...
Tormentas en La Unión, Comunidad de Paz
Click here for English De repente, la vida en La Unión, parte de la Comunidad de Paz, puede convertirse en turbulenta. Las cosas han estado muy tranquilo recientemente, entonces la mayoría de los disturbios vienen en la forma de una manada de caballos quienes han...
Storms in La Unión, Peace Community
Para español, haz clic aquí Life in La Unión, part of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, can quickly become turbulent. Things have been fairly quiet recently, so most of the disturbances come in the form of a pack of horses blasting by, or trying to locate...