Tag Archives: murders of social leaders
1971 – Fifty years ago, President Nixon declared the War on Drugs that’s still got us counting the bodies.
By Ricardo Silva Romero, EL TIEMPO, June 17, 2021 https://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/ricardo-silva-romero/1971-columna-de-ricardo-silva-romero-596856 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) All wars will …
A VACUUM IN DEMOCRACY LEADS TO A VACUUM IN GOVERNANCE
By Clara López Obregón, EL ESPECTADOR, April 25, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/el-vacio-de-democracia-crea-un-vacio-de-estado/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Since the signing …
BETWEEN 2016 AND 2020, 75 LEADERS OF COCA SUBSTITUTION HAVE BEEN MURDERED
By Sebastián Forero Rueda, EL ESPECTADOR, March 26, 2021 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/entre-2016-y-2020-75-lideres-de-sustitucion-de-coca-fueron-asesinados/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The We Are …
THE LIGHTS AND THE SHADOWS OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT IN COLOMBIA
By Odalys Troya Flores*, LA HABANA (PRENSA LATINA) March 5, 2021 https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=433851 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Senator …
THE DUQUE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES: JOSÉ MIGUEL VIVANCO
INFOBAE, February 19, 2021 https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/02/19/el-gobierno-de-ivan-duque-no-ha-podido-proteger-a-las-comunidades-jose-miguel-vivanco/?outputType=amp-type (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The Director of the Americas division of Human …
WE ARE GOING TO TALK WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THE PEACE United States Ambassador Philip Goldberg urges more attention to massacres and the killing of leaders
By Sandra Ramírez and Eduard Soto, EL TIEMPO, January 24, 2021 https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/eeuu-y-canada/estados-unidos-entrevista-con-el-embajador-goldberg-sobre-relaciones-con-joe-biden-562292 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) With …
LETTER TO PRESIDENT DUQUE CONCERNING THE MURDER OF ELIAS GALINDO AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF PIEDAD CORDOBA RUIZ
October 2, 2020 Dear President Duque: I write on behalf of the Colombia Support Network (CSN), a nonprofit human rights …
ENOUGH! THE NEW SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE IS JOLTING THE COUNTRY
SEMANA, August 22, 2020 https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/masacres-en-narino-cauca-y-arauca-sacuden-a-colombia-en-pandemia–noticias-hoy/696294 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Selective murders, displacement, criminals fighting for territory. Five …
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 …
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 …