Category: Colombia
December 19, 2019 > Nicolas Bedoya
180th Ex-FARC Guerrilla Member Is Killed in Colombia, Increasing Pressure on Peace Process
On Tuesday, the rural community of Santa Lucía in northern Colombia held a ceremony to grieve the death of another ex-combatant. Manuel Gonzalez was the 180th FARC guerrilla member to […] Read More >
November 27, 2019 > Pablo Medina Uribe
Behind the National Strike in Colombia
This article was co-published with NACLA. On Aug. 7, 2018, former senator Iván Duque — a relatively young politician with little experience — assumed office as Colombia’s president. Since then, […] Read More >
September 24, 2019 > Christina Noriega
Amid Call to Rearm, Ex-FARC Combatants Hesitate to Give up on Peace
ICONONZO, Colombia — Like millions of other Colombians, Gonzalo Beltrán woke up on Aug. 27 to the news that a group of former commanders of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces […] Read More >
August 7, 2019 > Hanna Wallis
Outrage Over Rising Violence in Colombia Explodes Across Borders
NEW YORK — The desperate screams of a small child witnessing his mother’s murder in Colombia echoed around the world on July 26, when people in 80 cities around the […] Read More >
April 18, 2019 > Nicolas Bedoya
As Violence Continues at Home, Exiled Colombians Reconstruct Collective Memory
In a small classroom at the City University of New York (CUNY), exiled Colombians gathered to talk with Arancha García del Soto on April 16. Del Soto is part of […] Read More >
March 12, 2019 > Staff
‘Birds of Passage’ Film Review: Indigenous Communities Rewrite the Drug War
This article, by Jacquelyn Kovarik and Aimar Arizmendi, was originally published in NACLA. Read the original article here. At first glance, “Birds of Passage” (“Pájaros de Verano”) promises a tale […] Read More >
January 10, 2019 > Steven Cohen
Colombia’s Coca Substitution Plan is Bringing Death and Discord to the Putumayo Region
This article was originally reported for and published in Spanish in La Liga Contra el Silencio. It was translated into English by the author. View the Spanish version here. […] Read More >
August 27, 2018 > Staff
Colombia’s anti-corruption referendum fails to pass quorum despite 99% support
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: An anti-corruption referendum held yesterday barely failed to meet the minimum number of votes required, although each of the seven proposals had more than 99% […] Read More >
August 20, 2018 > Staff
Venezuelan migrants attacked in Brazil and stopped from reaching Ecuador
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-BRAZIL-ECUADOR-PERU: The residents of a Brazilian border town with Venezuela, in the northern state of Roraima, attacked squatter camps of Venezuelan migrants over the weekend. […] Read More >
August 15, 2018 > Staff
Colombian intelligence agency ex-deputy chief is convicted of 1999 murder of popular comedian Jaime Garzón
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: The former deputy chief of the state intelligence agency was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for the murder in 1999 of popular comedian, […] Read More >