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Back to homepageColombia – UN Security Council optimistic despite sustained campaign of assassination
The recent peace agreement with the FARC seeking to end a conflict ongoing since at least the 60’s that has left an estimated 260,000 people dead and over 60,000 missing was signed off by former President Juan Manuel Santos
Read MoreAs Colombia’s peace process falters, scores of social activists are being killed
Colombia, one of the most dangerous nations for human rights activists, has attempted to halt its 50-year armed conflict through a complex peace process that began in 2012
Read MoreGustavo Petro, Colombian Former Guerilla & Leftist Who Mounted Historic Campaign for Presidency
Democracy Now! spoke to Gustavo Petro, who placed second in this year’s presidential race, receiving 8 million votes in his attempt to become Colombia’s first leftist president
Read MoreATENTADO FALLIDO CONTRA EL PRESIDENTE DE VENEZUELA
En los próximos días y semanas iremos constatando las consecuencias reales del fallido intento de magnicidio, y sus consecuencias concretas
Read MoreLos hechos hablarán por Iván Duque
No sería la primera vez en la historia que el ascenso de las mafias se entrelaza con gobiernos de extrema derecha. El tiempo nos mostrará bien de prisa la verdadera condición de Duque
Read More#TheyAreKillingUs: 5 keys to understanding the systematic murder of social leaders in Colombia
Colombian society took to the streets last weekend to demand an end to the killings and an investigation into the murders of more than 311 social leaders since January 2016
Read MoreCOLOMBIA A SEGUNDA VUELTA. UNA DECISION CLAVE
Los resultados, con un 95% ya conocidos, es decir irreversibles, han dado como ganador a Iván Duque, el candidato y ahijado del ex-presidente Alvaro Uribe
Read MoreCOLOMBIA ELIGE NUEVO PRESIDENTE
Desde hace décadas apenas diez familias de la vieja oligarquía, y sus círculos de influencia cercanos, han monopolizado la Presidencia de la República colombiana
Read MoreFARC Santrich transferred to prison
FARC former commander has been on hunger strike for 19 days
Read MoreCampaña internacional por la libertad de Jesús Santrich
La detención de Jesús Santrich, miembro destacado del nuevo partido legal Fuerza Alternativa Revolucionaria del Común (FARC), constituye una evidente violación a los acuerdos de Paz, que se suma a una serie de graves hechos que se han venido produciendo en Colombia
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