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THE UNDERGROUND WAR THAT IS EATING AWAY AT COLOMBIA
By Ariel Ávila, SEMANA, December 25, 2019 https://www.semana.com/opinion/articulo/la-guerra-subterranea-que-se-carcome-a-colombia-columna-de-ariel-avila/646396 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The country has been in …
THE PARAMILITARIES ARE TRYING TO USE THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEES TO COMMIT MEMORICIDE
Message from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó December 26, 2019 http://cdpsanjose.org/node/182 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer …
SEARCHING FOR THE 45 “FALSE POSITIVES” IN THE CEMETERY IN DABEIBA (ANTIOQUIA PROVINCE)
By Laura Dulce Romero El Espectador, December 14, 2019 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/jep/en-busca-de-los-45-falsos-positivos-en-el-cementerio-de-dabeiba-antioquia-articulo-895866 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This week the …
“THEY BROUGHT IN BODIES AND DRESSED THEM IN MILITARY UNIFORMS:” WITNESS AT THE CEMETERY
He helped bury murdered people that may have been victims of the false positives being investigated by the JEP By …
THE CEMETERY OF HORROR: THE PLACE WHERE THE FALSE POSITIVES THAT THIS COUNTRY DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT ARE HIDDEN
SEMANA, December 14, 2019 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/fosa-comun-masiva-de-falsos-positivos-investigada-por-la-jep-en-dabeiba-antioquia/644974 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) What may be the first massive common grave …
THE DRUMMOND CASE REACHES THE SPECIAL JURISDICTION FOR PEACE (JEP in Spanish)
By José David Escobar Moreno El Espectador, December 3, 2019 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/el-caso-drummond-llega-la-jep-articulo-893894 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Jaime Blanco …
PUBLIC OPINION TURNS AROUND ON URIBE
SEMANA, December 5, 2019 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/uribe-con-la-imagen-mas-desfavorable/643503 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) What is the reason for a President who …
THE NATIONAL STRIKE, THE SELF-CONTAINED SOCIAL PROTEST AND THE MOBILIZATION of the PRECARIAT
By Fernando Dorado Alainet, November 27 2019 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) https://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/203528 The 21N (November 21) emerged …
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO GET JUSTICE IN THE COLOMBIAN COUNTRYSIDE?
SEMANA, Rural Justice, November27, 2019 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) http://justiciarural.com/por-que-es-tan-dificil-acceder-a-la-justicia-en-el-campo-colombiano/ Rural Justice analyzed the instruments that the …
The Important Role of Social Protest Groups in Colombia
Recent news reports indicate that Colombian President Ivan Duque has a popular disapproval rating of 70%, according to an Invamer …