Colombia
Call for ‘Total Peace’ in Colombia dominates Witness for Peace delegation
February 9, 2023During ten eventful days in January, a U.S. delegation made up of faith leaders, activists and educators made their way through Colombia to build solidarity with grassroots movements calling for peace.
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Attempted assassination of Francia Márquez, Colombia’s first Black vice president, foiled
January 12, 202315 lbs of explosives were found on the rural road that leads to her home.
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Colombian U.S.-backed intelligence operations bad for peace
September 12, 2022The country’s military is carrying out a pro-war agenda aimed at blocking progress in the region.
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Prisoner Simón Trinidad is a victim of deadly U.S.-Colombia alliance
July 18, 2022Peace in Colombia, and Trinidad’s fate, depends on the U.S. stops trying to squash all stirrings of fundamental political and social change in an entire region.
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Petro and Márquez win unprecedented victory in Colombia elections
June 21, 2022The historical significance of their victory cannot be overstated. No real people’s government has ever ruled in Colombia.
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