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PETRO AND SANTOS MET TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT
By Gloria Castrillón Pulido, COLOMBIA+20, EL ESPECTADOR, October 30, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/paz-y-memoria/gustavo-petro-y-juan-manuel-santos-reunion-para-hablar-del-acuerdo-de-paz/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) President Gustavo … Read More »
THE DEBATE ON TAX REFORM
By Rodrigo Uprimny, EL ESPECTADOR, October 23, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The tax reform bill contains … Read More »
CSN NEWSLETTER – Fall 2022
This Fall 2022 edition of Action in Colombia features the following articles:
• Petro Puts his Trust in Life by Father Alejandro Angulo S. J., of CINEP in Bogota (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator);
• All-In on Petro by Jack Norman, retired journalist and NGO analyst, Milwaukee and Medellin;
• Petro: Drug Trafficking and Global Warming, by Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, CSN Board of Directors and Colombian attorney, Boston and Bogota (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator);
• Illicit Crop Substitution, Agroecology, and Gustavo’s Path Forward in Colombia, by Veronica Limeberry, Doctoral Candidate, American University, Washington, D.C.
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A BLOODY PEACE Message from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
November 3, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The repression and attacks on our Peace Community of San … Read More »
THE DRAFT OF AN “UNPRECEDENTED” DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO “REDISTRIBUTE RESOURCES” HAS BEEN FILED
EL ESPECTADOR, November 15, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/politica/gobierno-radico-borrador-de-un-plan-de-desarrollo-inedito-para-redistribuir-recursos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) As President Gustavo completed the first 100 … Read More »
THE REPORT OF THE GLOBAL COMMISSION ON DRUG POLICY CALLS FOR LEGALIZATION IN COLOMBIA
EL ESPECTADOR, November 9, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/america/informe-de-comision-global-de-politica-de-drogas-pide-legalizacion-en-colombia-noticias-hoy/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The former Presidents Juan Manuel Santos and … Read More »
FIFTEEN YEARS SINCE THE EXTRADITION OF JORGE 40 AND WHAT DOES OTONIEL’S CASE TEACH US?
By Jorge Forero Neme, COLOMBIA+20, EL ESPECTADOR October 6, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/analistas/extraditar-la-verdad-15-anos-de-la-extradicion-de-jorge-40-y-que-nos-ensena-del-caso-otoniel/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Last September … Read More »
PETRO-MADURO, A BITTERSWEET HONEYMOON
By María Jimena Duzán, CAMBIOColombia, November 5, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/opinion/puntos-de-vista/petro-maduro-una-luna-de-miel-agridulce (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The re-opening of relations … Read More »
THIS IS HOW THE CORRUPT MEMBERS OF THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY OPERATE, SELLING WEAPONS AND INFORMATION TO CRIMINAL GANGS
EL TIEMPO, November 6, 2022 https://www.eltiempo.com/unidad-investigativa/ejercito-asi-operan-militares-que-venden-armas-y-datos-a-bandas-criminales-715319 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Colonels and Sergeants have been arrested, but … Read More »
THE BANQUET OF THE MAFIA PROPERTIES
By Paola Herrera, CAMBIOColombia, November 3, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/opinion/puntos-de-vista/el-festin-con-los-bienes-de-la-mafia (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Iván Duque administration allowed … Read More »