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SOCIAL LEADERS: THE STORIES WE OWE
By Rodrigo Uprimny,[1] EL ESPECTADOR, June 7, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/lideres-sociales-historias-debidas-columna-922931/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Michel Forst, then the … Read More »
THE IMPOTENT STATE
By Humberto de la Calle, EL ESPECTADOR, June 7, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/el-estado-impotente-columna-922919/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Cristina Bautista … Read More »
JUSTICE FOR THE CAMPESINOS The campesinos have been the victims of everything and they keep on producing. The government has to go out to the countryside.
By Luis Noé Ochoa, EL TIEMPO, June 5, 2020 https://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/luis-noe-ochoa/justicia-con-el-campesino-columna-de-luis-noe-ochoa-503836 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Some years ago, … Read More »
JEP SHUTS THE DOOR ON SALVATORE MANCUSO
SEMANA, June 4, 2020 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/la-jep-le-cierra-la-puerta-a-salvatore-mancuso–noticias-hoy/676297 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The former paramilitary chieftain has now served his … Read More »
THE ARMY WARNED URIBE NOT TO PROMOTE THE CONVIVIRS
By Nicolás Sánchez A., EL ESPECTADOR, May 31, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/verdad/las-advertencias-del-ejercito-para-que-uribe-no-promoviera-las-convivir-articulo-857764 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) General Víctor Álvarez … Read More »
A UNITED STATES BRIGADE IN COLOMBIA, ANOTHER BLOW TO THE PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTARY SUBSTITUTIONOF COCA PLANTINGS It will begin its operations on June 1
By Sebastián Forero Rueda, EL ESPECTADOR, May 31, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/brigada-norteamericana-en-colombia-otro-golpe-la-sustitucion-voluntaria-de-coca-articulo-921822 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Three campesinos and … Read More »
THEY ROBBED THE PEOPLE OF SUCRE OF THEIR LAND BY FORCIBLY DISAPPEARING THEM
By Beatriz Valdés Correa, EL ESPECTADOR, May 28, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/verdad/con-desaparicion-forzada-despojaron-los-sucrenos-de-sus-tierras-articulo-921430 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) In its report … Read More »
MINING ACTIVITIES ARE NOT AN OPTION FOR AMAZONIA, SAY THE EXPERTS
SEMANA, May 27, 2020 https://sostenibilidad.semana.com/actualidad/articulo/actividades-extractivas-no-son-opcion-para-la-amazonia-dicen-expertos/51103 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Nature tourism, agro-forestry development, and marketing of carbon … Read More »
THE PARTICIPATION BY CATTLE RANCHERS IN A PARAMILITARY CONVIVIR IN URABÁ
By Nicolás Sánchez Arévalo, EL ESPECTADOR, May 24, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/verdad/la-participacion-ganadera-en-una-convivir-de-los-paramilitares-en-uraba-articulo-921065 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Documents from the … Read More »