Another massacre in the Cauca Department shakes Colombia
In less than three days, two massacres took place in the Cauca department and ten people were killed in the Caloto, Corinto and Toribío municipalities.
Hondurans demand resignation of president following brother’s drug trafficking conviction
The younger brother of Juan Orlando Hernández, Tony Hernández, was declared guilty of trafficking 200,000 kilograms of cocaine and heavy weapons into the US
Honduran President accused of taking bribes from drug traffickers
During the trial of Tony Hernández, a US prosecutor alleged that his brother, President Juan Orlando Hernández received 1.5 million in bribes
Hondurans intensify protests demanding JOH’s resignation after report links him to drug trafficking
Massive protests erupted after Univision released a report alleging that president Juan Orlando Hernández’s 2013 election campaign received $1.5 million from drug trafficking proceeds
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
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