Tag Archives: Afro-Colombian
SOCIAL LEADERS: BETWEEN THREATS BY THE DISSIDENTS AND ACCUSATIONS BY THE ARMY
By Edinson Arley Bolaños, EL ESPECTADOR, June 24, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/territorio/lideres-sociales-amenazados-por-las-disidencias-y-acusados-por-el-ejercito/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Days before and … Read More »
“HERE THE ALARM GOES OFF WHEN WE’VE ALREADY BEEN KILLED”: RENACER COMMUNITY COUNCIL
By Valentina Parada, EL ESPECTADOR, June 19, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/consejo-comunitario-renacer-del-micay-denuncia-amenazas-y-persecucion/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) On June 12, armed … Read More »
Sent from the communication section of the CCEEU
Source: Sent from the communication section of the CCEEU (Translated by Peter Lenny, Volunteer CSN Translator) THE COLOMBIA-EUROPE-US COORDINATION (CCEEU) … Read More »
The Colombian Countryside Needs More Than a Land Fund
Source: http://www.ipc.org.co/agenciadeprensa/index.php/desarrollo/94-general/1347-el-campo-colombiano-necesita-mas-que-un-fondo-de-tierras (Translated by Deryn Collins, a CSN Volunteer Translator). The creation of a land fund, proposed in negotiations between … Read More »
COLOMBIA SUPPORT NETWORK’S STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF GILMER GENERO GARCIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PEACE TALKS
On Monday August 10, 2015 Gilmer Genero Garcia, a leader of the Afro-Colombian community in Narino Department, was murdered in … Read More »
AFRO – COLOMBIANS SHOULD BE AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
Press Release July 17, 2015 (translation from Spanish) Afro-Colombians Should be at the Negotiation Table On behalf of organizations and … Read More »
Urgent Action: Guapi-Cauca
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The undersigned social organizations, labor unions, and human rights groups denounce before the … Read More »
Breakdown because of the national government’s failure to keep its promise to black women
[Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator] April 24, 2015 To the women who look after their land just like … Read More »
CRISIS AND HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY OF THE WOUNAAN PEOPLE OF THE LOWER SAN JUAN RIVER IN BUENAVENTURA
(Translated by Marta Zárate, a CSN Volunteer Translator ) This Christmas Pope Francis has focused his interest upon those who … Read More »
President Juan Manuel Santos and the Agrarian, Campesino, Ethnic and Popular Summit
(Translated by Beatriz Vejarano, a CSN Volunteer Translator) President Juan Manuel Santos and the Agrarian, Campesino, Ethnic and Popular Summit … Read More »