Tag Archives: Colombian Government
Private army forceably evicting indigenous in Urabá
Source: http://www.ipc.org.co/agenciadeprensa/index.php/2016/02/23/ejercito-privado-desaloja-por-la-fuerza-a-indigenas-en-uraba/ (Translated by Haley Olig, CSN Intern) About 60 men armed with sticks and machetes arrived on the morning … 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 »
A Yes That Appears to be a No for Peace
Source: http://www.ipc.org.co/agenciadeprensa/index.php/democracia/83-general/1352-un-si-que-parece-un-no-para-la-paz (Translated by Whitney Johnson and Haley Olig, CSN Volunteer Translators) Opinion article by José Girón Sierra, peace analyst … Read More »
COLOMBIAN STATE MUST SETTLE HISTORICAL DEBT WITH VICTIMS OF “PALACIO DE JUSTICIA” CASE
Source: http://www.colectivodeabogados.org/?Estado-colombiano-debe-saldar-deuda-historica-con-victimas-del-caso-Palacio-de (Translated by Costanza Generali, CSN Volunteer Translator) Just short of thirty years of an incessant search by relatives … Read More »
AUX Mining Company, with interests in Santurbán, was sold to an Abu Dhabi group
Source:http://www.vanguardia.com/economia/local/332773-minera-aux-con-intereses-en-santander-fue-vendida-a-grupo-de-abu-dhabi (Translated by Haley Olig, a CSN Volunteer Translator) Introduction: The multinational company AUX with projects in nearby páramo (unique … Read More »
ALVARO URIBE, THE CONVIVIR, AND THE PARAMILITARY ARMIES
An opinion article by María Soledad Betancur, Director of the Human Rights Observatory of the IPC (Institute for Public Education)* … Read More »
Renewed Controversy about the Responsibility of Generals for the False Positives
COLOMBIA REPORTING Saturday, July 25, 2015 RENEWED CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GENERALS FOR THE FALSE POSITIVES (Translated by Eunice … Read More »
CSN Letter to Colombia’s Minister of Interior
Click here for the letter to Mininterior Cristo. The July 2015 Delegation to Colombia delivered a letter to the Minister … Read More »
CSN Letter to U.S. Ambassador Whitaker
Click here for the letter to Ambassador Whitaker. Our July 2015 Delegation to Colombia has personally delivered this letter to … Read More »
VIEW FINAL Pocan’s Letter to President Santos
FINAL Pocan’s Letter to President Santos Read More »