Assassinations of Colombian social leaders shake communities
According to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), during the past week, five social activists and two former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated in the country
After six weeks, the mobilizations in Colombia continue
Fresh mobilizations have been called to demand that the national government sign the pre-agreement to guarantee the right to protest and advance in negotiating the demands raised by the mobilizing sectors
Colombians continue to resist as national strike completes 15 days
Enduring brutal police and military repression, hundreds of thousands of Colombians continue to remain on the streets against neoliberalism and violence, for life, peace, justice and democracy
Colombian social organizations hail release of peasant leaders, condemn ‘frame-up’
Following mobilizations calling for their release, the judge overseeing the case ruled that the three leaders – Teófilo Acuña, Adelso Gallo and Robert Daza – will not be held in preventative detention while they await trial
Three peasant leaders arbitrarily detained in Colombia
Movements within Colombia have condemned the arrests as part of a systematic campaign of persecution of social movements in the country
The tragic assassination of Colombia’s sports hero Patrón, lover of football and his Afro-Colombian community
Patrocinio Bonilla was assassinated by paramilitaries in Chocó on August 11, amid a context of intensified violence against the communities in the region
