Tag Archives: Colombian violence
“THEY DON’T PROSECUTE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFORESTATION”
By Juan Ramiro Artehortúa Gutiérrez, Colombia+20, EL ESPECTADOR, August 3, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/conflicto/operacion-artemisa-sobre-deforestacion-en-guaviare-y-sur-del-meta-persigue-campesinos/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Operation …
PLAN PISTOLA AND TOTAL PEACE
By Enrique Santos Calderón, CAMBIOCOLOMBIA, July 31, 2022 https://cambiocolombia.com/opinion/los-danieles/plan-pistola-y-paz-total (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The systematic and treacherous …
THOU SHALT NOT KILL: A “COMMANDMENT” BY THE TRUTH COMMISSION NOT TO REPEAT THE WAR
COLOMBIA+20, EL ESPECTADOR, July 28, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/informe-final-comision-de-la-verdad/informe-final-comision-de-la-verdad-capitulo-no-mataras-el-relato-sobre-la-historia-del-conflicto-armado-en-colombia/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This Thursday, the Truth Commission (CEV) …
THE CONFLICT LEFT 450,666 PEOPLE DEAD: DATA REVEALED BY THE TRUTH COMMISSION
Colombia+20, EL ESPECTADOR, June 28, 2022 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/informe-final-comision-de-la-verdad/conflicto-dejo-450666-muertos-los-datos-que-revelo-la-comision-de-la-verdad/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Forced displacement left 8 million victims. …
COLOMBIA: FROM AUDACITY TO POWER
By Lautaro Rivara, www.alai.info/colombia-de-la-berraquera-al-poder June 23, 2022 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) After an uncompleted Peace Agreement, and …
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 …