The run-off presidential election in Colombia in June 19 is a rare opportunity for a left-wing breakthrough, which will help set aside the violent agenda that has so far been supported by the country’s elite

In the first four days of this year, two social leaders and two former combatants of the FARC have been assassinated in Colombia

The nationwide protest is being carried out in rejection police brutality, economic crisis, massacres and the indifference of the national government towards them

This weekend, between November 13 & 15, twelve Colombians including two minors were assassinated by illegal paramilitary groups and national security officials

The agreements between the FARC party and the Colombian national government are the outcome of the Pilgrimage for Life and Peace, made by hundreds of ex-combatants demanding compliance with peace accords

In Colombia, mobilizations have intensified demanding an end to escalating violence against social movements and political activists.

Social movements have taken to the streets and highways in rejection of the concerning escalation of violence against communities

The nationwide protest was carried out in rejection police brutality, economic crisis, massacres and the indifference of the national government towards them

At least 20 people have been assassinated in 4 massacres in the past 4 days, while President Iván Duque has termed the massacres “collective homicides”

According to a report prepared by various social organizations, between November 2016 and July 14, 2020, 973 social leaders and human rights defenders were assassinated in Colombia

A group of social activists and human rights defenders have been marching from the southwestern Colombia for the past 15 days to demand respect for the life, territory and human rights of minority groups in the country

The wave of assassinations and acts of sexual violence carried out by security forces and paramilitary groups against Colombian civilians in the past week has shaken the country