Tag Archives: Colombian Government
Moisés Varón, the Director of the USO Detained for Protesting Against Fracking in San Martín, Freed
(Translated by Deryn Collins, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://censat.org/es/noticias/liberado-moises-varon-dirigente-de-la-uso-detenido-por-protestar-contra-el-fracking-en-san-martin Esmad attacks the community that began the civil stoppage against fracking. Various … Read More »
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE COVENANT EVALUATES THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Thursday, October 20, 2016 Source: https://derechodMelpueblo.blogspot.com.co/2016/estado-colombiano=evaluadado-ante-el.html Multiple rights (formally recognized) have been violated … Read More »
Farewell to the Arms- The Life of a Guerilla
(Translated by Deryn Collins, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://lasillavacia.com/silla-llena/red-caribe/historia/adios-las-armas-la-vida-de-un-guerrillero-de-base-58060 Gilbert Vargas is a guerilla in the Teófilo Forero column. He has … Read More »
No to the Pact of the Elites
(Translated by Steve Cagan, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://congresodelospueblos.org/comunicados-congreso-de-los-pueblos/item/970-un-gran-dialogo-por-la-paz-para-refrendar-los-acuerdos-de-la-habana-facilitar-los-dialogos-con-el-eln-y-garantizar-la-participacion-decisoria-de-la-sociedad.html By Congreso de los Pueblos Bogotá, October 4, 2016 It was with … Read More »
Plan Colombia, Permanent War, and the No Vote
by Laura Carlsen Source: http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/20/plan-colombia-permanent-war-and-the-no-vote/ The Colombian people voted NO to peace. Or to be exact, 50.2% of 37% of the eligible … Read More »
Uribe’s Populism Prevails in Colombia
By ANTONIO ALBINANA Source: http://www.publico.es/opinion/populismo-uribe-impone-colombia.html (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Uncertainty governs the future of the FARC, and … Read More »
COLOMBIA, PEACE, THE PLEBISCITE
Original email to Cecilia by: Carmiña Navia Velasco, Santiago de Cali, October 3rd 2016 (Translated by Gerry Millrine, CSN Volunteer Translator) … Read More »
The ELN and the Colombian State: A Vicious Circle of Violence
By: Andrés Vásquez, from the Peace Delegation of the ELN / Source: Resumen Latinoamericano/ The Dawn News / September … Read More »
The Seventeenth Brigade Still Has Ties with Paramilitaries: Commander of Front 58 of the FARC
Source: http://www.ipc.org.co/agenciadeprensa/index.php/2016/09/022/brigada-xvii-aun-tiene-nexos-con-el-paramilitarismo-comandante-del-frente-58-de-las-farc/ (Translated by Josie Rosene, CSN Volunteer Translator) In an interview with Press Agency IPC, alias “El Manteco”, commander of … Read More »
Fracking, For Now, Leaves San Martin
(Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://lasillavacia.com/historia/el-fracking-por-ahora-se-va-de-san-martin-58012 By JUANITA VÉLEZ · SEPTEMBER 20 2016 ConocoPhillips, one of the multinational … Read More »