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18 Octobre 2017
The community council in the area has repeatedly denounced human rights violations against the Afro-Colombian, Mestizo and Indigenous peasants in the region.
A Colombian social leader, Jose Jair Cortes, was murdered in a rural area of Tumaco municipality located in the southwest department of…
9 Octobre 2017
At least six people have been killed and over 50 injured during clashes between farmers and security forces in the southwestern municipality of Tumaco.
Versions of the incident that occurred on the morning of October 5 vary considerably with civil society organisations accusing police of opening…
7 Octobre 2017
El vicepresidente y el ministro Pardo hablaron con líderes de Alto Mira y Frontera desplazados por amenazas.
En Tumaco, Nariño, un territorio de más de 25 mil hectáreas en zona conocida como Alta Mira y Frontera, con más de 5 mil familias afrodecendientes y que están de acuerdo con la…
5 Octobre 2017
El Observatorio para la protección de los defensores de derechos humanos (FIDH-OMCT) y el Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) publican hoy un informe que llama la atención sobre un fenómeno poco analizado: el rol específico de los actores económicos en la vulnerabilidad de las…
18 Septembre 2017
As a 53-year civil war winds down, coca growers face growing pressure to shelve their lucrative crop.
Mauricio Quiróz has always had a plan.
The 38-year-old farmer and entrepreneur lives with his wife and three kids on a small ranch on the lush, steep mountainside that surrounds the municipality of…
4 Septembre 2017
President Juan Manuel Santos says the armistice between the government and the Latin American country's last active group will come into effect on October 1.
Colombia's government and the ELN, the country's last active guerrilla group, have agreed to a ceasefire after months of talks, the rebels…
28 Août 2017
Colombia's leftist FARC rebels seek political rebirth on Sunday as they move to transform into a party to seek elected office after disarming to end a half-century war.
About 1,000 delegates from the freshly demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia will launch a founding congress to…
26 Août 2017
El estudio señala también que las mujeres son el grupo más afectado por la falta de acceso a tierras.
En Colombia, el 1 % de los propietarios concentra más del 80 % de las tierras rurales, según reveló un informe publicado por la organización internacional OXFAM en su sitio en web.
El estudio,…
24 Août 2017
Las memorias sobre la trayectoria de las organizaciones campesinas en La Guajira
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Foto principal: Evento de capacitaciones en el Departamento de la Guajira. Fotografía: Archivo personal Daxi Cecilia Bernal.
El documento sobre La Guajira recoge una…
23 Août 2017
The government and international community are allowing local activists to shoulder the burden of peace implementation without the critical, corresponding protections
As the final stocks of rebel arms were loaded onto a lorry in northern Colombia last week, President Juan Manuel Santos declared…
16 Août 2017
The silent, but persistent and deadly attacks on social leaders and human rights defenders has claimed another life in southern Colombia, pushing the number of leaders killed during the peace process above 50.
The bullet-riddled corpse of Fernando Asprilla was found by the locals of the…
9 Août 2017
Communities have continued to suffer targeted killings, threats, displacement from their land and the effects of anti-personnel mines.
Colombia's Indigenous peoples say their rights continue to be violated, and their land stolen, in spite of the peace deal signed last November between the…