Tag Archives: ESMAD

CALL TO THE ANNUAL CSN NATIONAL MEETING FOR 2016

The Board of Directors of the Colombia Support Network (CSN) invites all CSN members and interested persons to our annual … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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Colombian Constitutional Court Preliminary Injunctions on Bellacruz Case

REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA Constitutional Court (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) ORDER Reference: File # T-3.098.508 Matter: Order for … Read More »

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Megaprojects of mining/energy development and industrial agriculture are part of the armed conflict

(Translated by Steve Cagan, a CSN volunteer transaltor ) Source : Living Rivers http://defensaterritorios.wordpress.com August 20, 2014 A position paper … Read More »

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The Situation Worsens for Human Rights Defenders

(Translated by David Van Den Brandt, a CSN Volunteer Translator) Link: http://congresodelospueblos.org/index.php/paro-nacional-2014/522-denuncia-publica-no-3-se-agrava-situacion-de-ddhh-en-paro-agrario Source: Congreso de los Pueblos Public complaint no. … Read More »

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LIST OF DEMANDS: MANDATES FOR GOOD LIVING, DEMOCRACY, AND PEACE

(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN volunteer translator) 1. Land, territories held collectively, and land ownership system The country needs a … Read More »

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National Agrarian Summit: Peasant, Ethnic, and of the People

( Translated by Stacey Schlau, a CSN Volunteer Translation) CHANGE OF DATES. BOGOTA, March 15, 16, 17, 2014. We, the … Read More »

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A MOMENT OF TRUTH

We in the United States are now experiencing both a federal government shutdown and a threat to exceed the debt … Read More »

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THE PEOPLE MUST BE HEARD

For several weeks Colombia’s countryside has been alive with protests of campesinos, union members, small-scale (artisan) miners and others who … Read More »

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A MESSAGE ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN THE MINER’S STRIKE IN MARMATO, COLOMBIA

(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN volunteer translator) Marmato, August 4, 2013 After nineteen days of protests all over the country … Read More »

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