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WHAT WILL BE THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE REACTIVATION?

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Hope Hague

SEMANA, August 1, 2020 https://www.semana.com/economia/articulo/cual-es-la-apuesta-por-el-agro-para-reactivar-el-pais-noticias-economicas-hoy/690950 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Agricultural production is one of the strategic sectors … Read More »

Posted in News | Tagged agricultural economy, Colombia, Duque administration, Peace Agreement, rural development, rural infrastructure

THE SELF-PROTECTION METHODS USED BY THE PEACE COMMUNITY OF SAN JOSÉ DE APARTADÓ AND OTHER SIMILAR HUMANITARIAN ZONES, INCLUDING SUPPORT PROVIDED BY INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT, DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED, EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Hope Hague

Message from the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, July 21, 2020 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) … Read More »

Posted in News | Tagged crimes against social leaders, Dear Colleague letter, Duque administration, Peace Agreement, Peace Community, Pompeo, US Congress

A UNITED STATES BRIGADE IN COLOMBIA, ANOTHER BLOW TO THE PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTARY SUBSTITUTIONOF COCA PLANTINGS It will begin its operations on June 1

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Hope Hague

By Sebastián Forero Rueda, EL ESPECTADOR, May 31, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/colombia2020/pais/brigada-norteamericana-en-colombia-otro-golpe-la-sustitucion-voluntaria-de-coca-articulo-921822 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Three campesinos and … Read More »

Posted in News | Tagged anti-Narcotics Police, coca eradication, crop substitution, killing of coca growers, Peace Agreement, US Southern Command, Venezuela

PROTECTING SOCIAL LEADERS: WHAT IS THE COMPLAINT THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING TO THE GOVERNMENT?

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Hope Hague

By Karen Vanessa Quintero, El Espectador, March 16, 2020 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/proteccion-lideres-sociales-cual-es-la-queja-de-comunidades-al-gobierno-articulo-909556 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Leaders in Cauca … Read More »

Posted in News | Tagged Human Rights, indigenous rights, murders of social leaders, National Commission for Guarantees of Security, PAO, Peace Agreement

ONE MILLION CAMPESINO HOUSEHOLDS IN COLOMBIA HAVE LESS LAND THAN A COW

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Hope Hague

By Antonio Paz Cardona/Mongabay Latam Semana Sostenible, February 19, 2020 https://sostenibilidad.semana.com/impacto/articulo/concentracion-de-la-tierra-en-colombia-el-1-por-ciento-de-las-fincas-mas-grandes-ocupan-el-81-por-ciento-de-la-tierra/40882 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) This is … Read More »

Posted in News | Tagged land reform, Mining in Colombia, National Land Agency, Peace Agreement, plantations, rural infrastructure, rural poverty, ZIDRES

“THE NEGLECT AND IRREGULARITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CROP SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM ARE PERMANENT”: FRANCISCO GUTIÉRREZ

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Hope Hague

Semana, August 23, 2019 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) The investigator from the Institute for the Study of … Read More »

Posted in News | Tagged coca, crop substitution, Peace Agreement, Peace Process in Colombia, PNIS

GOVERNMENT: ANSWER US!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Hope Hague

By Patricia Lara Salive El Espectador, August 16, 2019 (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Twenty members of Colombia’s … Read More »