Tag Archives: Displacement
Colombia Heads the List with the Greatest Number of Displaced Persons
(Translated by Rolf Schoeneborn, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/elmundo/colombia-encabeza-listado-de-paises-mayor-numero-de-des-articulo-638816 Colombia thus tops other nations in armed conflict like Syria (6.6 million) and …
Indigenous peoples claiming their land denounce evictions in Urabá
Source: http://www.ipc.org.co/agenciadeprensa/index.php/2016/02/15/indigenas-reclamantes-de-tierras-denuncian-desalojos-en-uraba/ (Translated by Ruolf Heller, CSN Volunteer Translator) The evictions are being carried out by the Police’s Anti-Disturbances Mobile …
Paramilitaries attacks against the population persist in El Bagre, Antioquia
Source: http://colombiainforma.info/politica/ddhh-conflicto-y-paz/3030-continuan-ataques-de-paramilitares-contra-poblacion-en-el-bagre-antioquia (Translated by Rudy Heller, CSN Volunteer Translator) January 25 — More than 600 people occupy the Senior Center …
Urgent Action: Guapi-Cauca
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The undersigned social organizations, labor unions, and human rights groups denounce before the …
The Palm Industry’s Plunder Is Continuing
Source: http://justiciaypazcolombia.com/El-despojo-palmero-continua REPORT The Palm Industry’s Plunder Is Continuing MAPIRIPAN (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Friday, May 8, …
For life and freedom to organize, Coca-Cola workers are on hunger strike
[Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator] COCA-COLA’s debt to the world’s working class includes twelve labor leaders murdered in …
The Divided Guajira
Author: Alfredo Molano Bravo Translated by: Chelsea Match Edited by: Nora Walker Alfredo Molano keeps track of the controversy over …
Colombia: A Dispossessed and Imprisoned Country
Translated by: Leo Torres, a CSN volunteer translator Edited by: Bethany Canales, a CSN volunteer editor and Nora Walker, a …
CSN’S Statement in Support of the Cauca Indigenous Demand that all Armed Actors Leave their Lands
For more than a week the municipality of Toribio in Cauca Department, home to the Nasa indigenous community, has been …
Escuadrón Móvil Antidusturbios (ESMAD) [Anti-riot Police] Evicts Residents of the Village of Domingo Arias (Paicol, Huila) for the Construction of the El Quimbo Hydroelectic Project
Translated by: Steven Fake, CSN Volunteer Translator Edited by: Susan Tritten, CSN Volunteer Editor In the morning of Tuesday, February …