National Union of Journalists General Secretary Jeremy Dear says the British government must reverse its support for the Uribe government and work with other European powers to help find a peaceful and just solution to Colombia’s civil war.
Santos Feliciano Aguilar Álvares was abducted, beaten and threatened with death on 5 June by up to 10 men, allegedly private security guards working for a local real estate company in San Juan. Santos Feliciano […]
El día 7 de junio del presente año, en la página oficial de Relaciones Exteriores del Canadá, aparece el titular: "Canadá concluye negociaciones de Tratado de Libre Comercio en cooperación laboral y ambiental con Colombia." […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas For a candidate who talks the talk on human rights, Barack Obama has little to say about the infamous School of the Americas (SOA). Originally established in the Panama […]
Human rights groups released a report on June 23 accusing the Bush Administration of blocking "potentially lifesaving" aid to Haiti in order to meddle in the impoverished nation’s political affairs. […]
The Cordillera Central is one of the prime regions torn by the war between the Colombian military and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). The rural population, which is mostly lower class and of indigenous decent, and consequently the sector of the Colombian populous most dramatically hit by the armed confrontations, defends itself through the "Indigenous War." […]
Fuente: Programa de las Americas La Cordillera Central es uno de los principales escenarios de la guerra entre el ejército colombiano y las FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia). La población rural, campesina e indígena, […]
An article by the Colombian weekly magazine Cambio suggests the U.S. military base in Manta, Ecuador, will be moved to a new location in Colombia after the U.S. military’s contract with Ecuador expires in 2009. […]
(IPS) – The political future in Bolivia is unpredictable following the autonomy referendums in the provinces of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija, whose governors interpret the triumph of the pro-autonomy position as a vote […]
Source: The Dominion Goldcorp Inc.’s Marlin mine in Guatemala has been a hotbed of controversy since locals became aware of the presence of the company (then Glamis Gold) in their municipalities. Adding weight to the […]
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