Letter from Colombian Peace Community By Gina Spigarelli On some days in La Unión, the war is a faint pulse in the background — a far-off helicopter heard but not seen, or a military troop walking by on their way to a distant destination. On those days, to an...
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Even Those Who Chose Peace Suffer in this War Zone
Letter from Colombian Peace Community By Gina Spigarelli On some days in La Unión, the war is a faint pulse in the background — a far-off helicopter heard but not seen, or a military troop walking by on their way to a distant destination. On those days, to an...
Life and the War Go On
By Gina Spigarelli, FOR Colombia Team Member I have been back in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó for a couple of weeks now, but in some ways it seems like I never left. The stresses of life in the city were effortlessly exchanged for those in the jungle:...
Peace Talks in Colombia and the Challenges Ahead
By Charlotte Melly, FOR Colombia Team Member Elements of the Colombian peace process that begins October 8 in Oslo indisputably distinguish these negotiations from prior attempts to put an end to Colombia’s five decade-long conflict. The insistence on learning from...
Winds of Peace in Colombia and the Fate of Paramilitary Structures
By Susana Pimiento On August 27, the buzz about the peace talks between the Colombian government and the leftist FARC guerrillas grew exponentially, as Telesur reported early in the morning that an initial agreement has been reached to start a dialogue that would...
The Marcha Patriótica
By FOR Colombia Friday, June 1, 2012, 11:54am The Marcha Patriótica’s Potential Role in Ending the Colombian Conflict Up to 100,000 Colombians marched in Bogota on April 23, launching the “Patriotic March,” the Marcha Patriótica. Alejo Vargas Velásquez comments. The...
Nashville, TN: The Courage to Refuse War: Colombian conscientious objector speaks
The Fellowship of Reconciliation presents an informal evening of conversation with a Colombia conscientious objector at the home of Bill Northrup, member of FOR’s National Council: The Courage to RefuseWar: A path to promote nonviolence and social justice Colombian...
Rochester, NY: The Courage to Refuse War: Colombian conscientious objector speaks
The Courage to Refuse War: A path to promote nonviolence and social justice Colombian youth Sebastián Patiño speaks on refusing to participate in war as a member of Conscientious Objectors’ Collective Action (ACOOC). War and militarism impact youths’ lives, especially...