Tag Archives: Chocó

YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHOCÓ ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE TO AVOID BEING RECRUITED

EL TIEMPO, March 24, 2022 https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/denuncian-que-jovenes-en-choco-se-suicidan-para-evitar-reclutamiento-660434 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) There is concern in Chocó because young … Read More »

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(INTERVIEW) THE ARMED FORCES WENT INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF SAN JUAN DRESSED UP LIKE GROUPS THAT AREN’T LEGAL

COLOMBIA INFORMA, February 17, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) 17Feb, CI—The San Juan River and the whole … Read More »

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THE WOUND OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT REMAINS AN OPEN WOUND IN COLOMBIA

EL TIEMPO, December 10, 2021 https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/proceso-de-paz/onu-advierte-de-la-tragedia-del-desplazamiento-en-colombia-638074 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The United Nations states that the number … Read More »

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CAUCA AND CHOCÓ

Editorial, EL TIEMPO, November 6, 2021 https://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/editorial/cauca-y-choco-editorial-de-el-tiempo-del-7-de-noviembre-de-2021-630533 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Perhaps because in recent weeks there … Read More »

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ALERT ISSUED BECAUSE OF A NEW HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CHOCÓ

EL TIEMPO, September 10, 2021 https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/investigacion/defensoria-alerta-por-nueva-crisis-humanitaria-en-choco-en-2021-617141 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Public Defender complains that the ELN, … Read More »

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CSN Newsletter Summer 2021

This edition of our CSN Newsletter features articles:
• A Cleveland Photographer in El Choco, photo essay by Steve Cagan
• Anglo Gold and Its Colombian QUEBRADONA Project, by Al Gedicks
• IACHR Report Sheds Light on Human Rights Abuses in Colombia, by John Dugas
• In Colombia, The Kids Are Not All Right: Looking Back at Three Months of Resistance, by Beatriz Vejarano
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MILITARIZATION HAS NOT BROUGHT MORE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING TO THE TERRITORIES

By Colombia in Transition, EL ESPECTADOR, July 8, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/verdad/que-papel-ha-tenido-la-fuerza-publica-en-el-cese-del-conflicto-armado/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) There has to … Read More »

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CHOCÓ, BESIEGED BY TERROR

By Patricia Lara Salive, El Espectador, February 13, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/choco-sitiado-por-el-miedo-columna-904415 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) “We are terrified. … Read More »

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Letter to the President, from the Diocese of Quibodó Commission for Life, Justice, and Peace

Source: The Commission for Life, Justice, and Peace, The Diocese of Quibodó (Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator) Quibdó, … Read More »

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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 »

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