Category: Colombia
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 >
August 8, 2018 > Staff
New Colombian President Iván Duque takes office amid polarization
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Newly-elected President Iván Duque took office yesterday with a ceremony at Bogotá’s central Plaza de Bolívar. Duque, who defines himself as a centrist liberal, […] Read More >
July 25, 2018 > Staff
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe quits Senate amid criminal investigation
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Former president and two times senator Álvaro Uribe presented his resignation yesterday, only four days after being sworn in for his second tenure, after […] Read More >
July 17, 2018 > Staff
Colombian former rebel rejects Congress seat to protest unfulfilled peace process
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Iván Márquez, the former chief negotiator of the FARC, confirmed yesterday that he renounces one of the 10 Congress seats that the former rebels […] Read More >
July 11, 2018 > Staff
Colombia signs law to allow collective demobilization of criminal gangs
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: President Juan Manuel Santos signed a law on Monday paving the way for the surrender of criminal gangs that allows for a reduction of sentences […] Read More >
July 5, 2018 > Staff
Seven people murdered in south-western Colombia, responsibilities are yet unclear
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: The bodies of seven people with signs of torture were found near the village of Argelia, in the south-western region of Cauca early Monday morning. Local […] Read More >