Tag Archives: Colombian violence
THE DISPLACEMENTS IN EL PINCHE ARE A SUFFERING THAT CAN’T SEEM TO END IN ARGELIA
By Camilo Pardo Quintero, EL ESPECTADOR, June 11, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/conflicto/familias-de-argelia-cauca-han-sido-desplazadas-por-enfrentamiento-con-disidencias-de-las-farc/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN volunteer translator) Nearly 177 families …
SEVENTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE HOMICIDES OF SOCIAL LEADERS IN ANTIOQUIA REMAIN IN IMPUNITY
EL ESPECTADOR, June 9, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia/medellin/el-78-de-los-homicidios-a-lideres-sociales-en-antioquia-quedan-en-impunidad/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The murders of human rights defenders in …
“WE ARE EXPECTING THE TRUTH, THERE IS NO REPARATION”: ELSA ALVARADO’S SISTER
By Jhoan Sebastian Cote, EL ESPECTADOR, May 19, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/nosotros-esperamos-verdad-reparacion-no-hay-hermana-de-elsa-alvarado/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Twenty-five years ago …
“DON’T SHOOT, THERE ARE CHILDREN HERE!” ARMED GROUPS WERE FIGHTING IN EL TARRA, NORTE DE SANTANDER DEPARTMENT
EL COLOMBIANO, April 28, 2022 https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/ninos-quedaron-en-medio-del-fuego-cruzado-en-el-tarra-norte-de-santander-MG17336028 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) “Get down on the floor. Take it …
DANGEROUS ARROGANCE . . . AND INGRATITUDE
By Gustavo Gallón, EL ESPECTADOR, April 7, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/gustavo-gallon/arrogancia-peligrosa-y-desagradecida/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The International Committee of …
OTONIEL’S SECRETS ABOUT THE MASSACRE AT MAPIRIPÍPAN THAT COULD ENTANGLE SOME POLITICIANS AND SOME MORE OF THE MILITARY
Las2orillas[1], February 22, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This paramilitary attack, in which they killed 49 campesinos, …
LET OTONIEL TALK
Editorial, EL ESPECTADOR, February 21, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/editorial/dejen-hablar-a-otoniel/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) It’s fundamental that “Otoniel” be able …
ONE MONTH BEFORE ELECTIONS IN COLOMBIA, THERE ARE 163 VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, WITH 19 KILLED
EFE Agency, EL ESPECTADOR, February 13, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/a-un-mes-de-elecciones-en-colombia-hay-163-victimas-de-violencia-y-19-muertes/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The figures were revealed by …
THE KILLING OF AN ELN BOSS SET OFF A NEW WAR IN ARAUCA
By Camilo Osorio Sánchez, EL COLOMBIANO, January 4, 2022 https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/arauca-sigue-en-crisis-por-guerra-tras-asesinato-de-capo-del-eln-CA16257306 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The FARC dissidents …
INDEPAZ REPORTS 92 MASSACRES IN COLOMBIA DURING 2021
EL ESPECTADOR, December 27, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/conflicto/son-92-las-masacres-ocurridas-en-colombia-durante-2021-dice-indepaz/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) According to that research center, the murders …