Tag Archives: Colombian Military
“JEP DATA PROVES THAT DEMOCRATIC SECURITY WAS A CRIMINAL POLICY”: VICTIMS
By Colombia in Transition, EL ESPECTADOR, February 19, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/jep/datos-de-la-jep-prueban-que-la-seguridad-democratica-fue-una-politica-criminal-victimas/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Those who were … Read More »
RED ZONES, A NEW HOME FOR SOLDIERS FROM THE UNITED STATES Military exercises between Colombian and U.S. troops in January 2020 were carried out at the base in Tolemaida
By Javiér Alexander Macías, El Colombiano, December 24, 2020, first published in June 2020 https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/paz-y-derechos-humanos/zonas-rojas-nueva-casa-de-militares-de-ee-uu-OA13134930 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN … Read More »
THE ARMY’S FOURTH BRIGADE: WAS IT THE “MOST EFFECTIVE” IN EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS?
EL ESPECTADOR, October 1, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/justicia/jep/cuarta-brigada-del-ejercito-la-mas-efectiva-en-ejecuciones-extrajudiciales/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) That’s the report of a detailed investigation … Read More »
COCA INFLATED: REPORTS OF ERADICATION BY THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN ALTERED
SEMANA, July 11, 2020 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/reportes-de-erradicacion-forzada-de-coca-del-gobierno-estarian-alterados/685728 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) SEMANA has obtained testimony and evidence from government … Read More »
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 »
THE MAP OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE ARMED FORCES
EL ESPECTADOR, July 7, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/el-mapa-de-las-denuncias-contra-la-fuerza-publica-por-violencia-sexual/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The NGO Temblores[1] has assembled, using data … Read More »
TERROR AS A FORM OF GOVERNING?
By Guillermo González Uribe*, En Foque, July 4, 2020 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The kidnapping and sexual … Read More »
STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS
By Francisco Leal Buitrago, EL ESPECTADOR, June 26, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/problemas-estructurales/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The nation state … Read More »
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 »