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Coffee Brigade will harvest peace, justice and coffee in Colombia

March 7, 2014 By James Patrick Jordan

Alliance for Global Justice, at the invitation of the Astracatol agricultural workers union of Tolima, Colombia, is organizing a Just Peace Coffee Brigade to help farming families bring in their coffee harvests.

Political jailings, killings mount in Colombia

January 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Already assassins had killed activist rapper Gerson Martínez, community leader Giovanny Leiton, Leiton's life partner, and unionist Ever Luis Marin Rolong.

Chiquita loses legal battle to keep documents secret

December 16, 2013 By Dan Kovalik

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. has lost a case in which it attempted to block the SEC from releasing documents relating to its payments to a Colombian terrorist group.

Colombian peace a distant dream for David Ravelo and Credhos

December 6, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Negotiations in Cuba between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) aimed at ending 50 years of war have continued now for a year.

Patriotic Union revival signals hope for Colombian peace

December 4, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

"We are arriving in the country we want to change to become a country at peace, a democratic country, a tolerant country."