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Colombian president Gustavo Petro calls for an end to the War on Drugs in historic UN address

In his speech to the UN General Assembly, the Colombian president highlighted the necessity of ending the war on drugs and saving the environment

Report: UK counterterrorism policy Islamaphobic, violates child rights and other stories

Today we look at the People’s Review of Prevent-UK’s “counter terrorism” strategy, the US DEA’s targeting of Bolivia’s coca growers’ movement, and more

Movements across the world demand release of Afro-Bolivian leader Elena Flores

Elena Flores, the union leader of the association of coca leaf farmers of the Yungas region, has been at the forefront of resisting the advance of paramilitarism in the region and the coup regime

Colombia’s government acts like a doormat for the United States—and its people aren’t going along with it

While the Colombian government may lend itself to US plots against Venezuela, the Colombian people ratify their support to the government and people of Venezuela and condemn their government for ignoring pressing issues at home

Colombian movements denounce the assassination of peasant leader Marco Rivadeneira

Marco Rivadeneira, of the National Board of the CNA, was assassinated by armed men on March 19 in Puerto Asis, Putumayo

At least five killed by security forces in massacre in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Protests against the civic-military coup have been growing in strength across the country and security forces have responded with brutal repression

Reports from Catatumbo: “The state wants to exterminate the peasants”

Paul Salgado is part of La Red de Hermandad y Solidaridad con Colombia and is currently working in Colombia as an international accompanier, he wrote this report after a trip to the Northeast region of Catatumbo