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RED ZONES, A NEW HOME FOR SOLDIERS FROM THE UNITED STATES Military exercises between Colombian and U.S. troops in January 2020 were carried out at the base in Tolemaida
By Javiér Alexander Macías, El Colombiano, December 24, 2020, first published in June 2020 https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/paz-y-derechos-humanos/zonas-rojas-nueva-casa-de-militares-de-ee-uu-OA13134930 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN …
THE KEY POINTS IN THE ANLA HEARING ON AERIAL ASPERSION WITH GLYPHOSATE
El Espectador, December 19, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/en-vivo-la-esperada-audiencia-de-la-anla-sobre-aspersion-aerea-con-glifosato/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This December 19 multiple campesino and civil …
“COLOMBIA ACCUMULATES MORE THAN 10 APPLICATIONS WITHOUT ACCEPTING ANY RAPPORTEURS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
Contagio Radio, July 8, 2020 https://www.contagioradio.com/colombia-acumula-mas-de-10-solicitudes-sin-aceptar-de-relatores-de-la-onu/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) In the midst of the pandemic, the …
TODAY’S DRUG POLICY AND YESTERDAY’S GLYPHOSATE Aerial fumigation is facing a very different moment in the world and in the country with regard to drug policy and its limits.
By Isabel Pereira,* Dejusticia, December 16, 2020 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This Saturday, December 19, in Florencia, …
THE UNIMAGINABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE LENGTHS THEY GO TO IN ORDER TO SILENCE US
Message from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó December 13, 2020 https://www.cdpsanjose.org/node/196 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer …
WHAT THE VICTIMS OF RECRUITMENT BY THE FORMER FARC ARE WAITING FOR
By Valentina Parada Lugo, EL ESPECTADOR, November 24, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/jep/lo-que-esperan-las-victimas-de-reclutamiento-de-las-ex-farc/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The midlevel officers …
“THE KILLING OF INMATES IN LA MODELO PRISON WAS INTENTIONAL,” HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
El ESPECTADOR, November 24, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/muertes-de-internos-en-la-modelo-habrian-sido-intencionales-human-rights-watch/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) In March of this year, after an …
THE ROLE OF RETIRED GENERAL FANDIÑO IN THE MASSACRE AT SAN JOSÉ DE APARTADÓ WILL NEVER BE EXPLAINED
By Alejandra Bonilla Mora, EL ESPECTADOR, September 14, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/rol-del-general-r-fandino-en-la-masacre-de-san-jose-de-apartado-se-quedo-sin-esclarecer/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Retired General Héctor …
“WE ARE AT THE POINT OF ENTERING ANOTHER PERIOD OF VIOLENCE THAT IS GOING TO LAST FOR DECADES
SEMANA, November 22, 2020 https://www.semana.com/enfoque/articulo/estamos-a-punto-de-entrar-a-otro-periodo-de-violencia-que-durara-decadas/202027/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The political scientist Francisco Gutiérrez shows us his …
BAJO CAUCA KEEPS ON HOPING FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE WAR
EL ESPECTADOR, November 20, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/verdad/el-bajo-cauca-sigue-esperando-la-presencia-institucional-para-detener-la-guerra/ Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) At the conclusion of the Dialog for …