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Colombian Victims Of ‘Operation Orion’ Expose Uribe’s Hypocrisy

October 22, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - Victims of the paramilitary operation against the FARC-EP in 2002 called on the former president to take responsibility for the crimes. As Colombians mark the 14th anniversary of “Operation Orion” – a military offensive in the city of Medellin against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that led to the takeover by paramilitary groups who killed and tortured people – victims are calling for the prosecution of the official who authorized the operation: former President Alvaro Uribe.

Colombian Victims Of War Greeted By Tens Of Thousands For Peace

October 14, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - Some 3,000 victims and 7,000 Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and rural people are expected to march in Bogota alongside supporters. Tens of Thousands of Colombians again flooded the streets of central Bogota Wednesday in support of Indigenous communities and other victims hit hardest by over 50 years of armed conflict to pressure the government and the country’s largest guerrilla army, the FARC-EP to quickly resolve the political crisis sparked by the recent defeat of the historic peace accords at the polls.

Colombia And ELN Rebels To Start Formal Peace Talks On Oct. 27

October 12, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net/
By Staff of Tele Sur - The anticipated launch of a formal peace dialogue between the government and the ELN comes after more than two years of exploratory talks. As Colombia continues to navigate a path to peace following five decades of armed conflict, the government will formally start peace talks with the country’s second-largest guerrilla army, the National Liberation Army on Oct. 27 in Quito, Ecuador, both peace delegations announced at a press conference from Caracas.

After 50 Years Of War, A Chance At Peace

October 1, 2016 Mario Murillo, www.indypendent.org , ,
By Mario Murillo for The Indypendent - '"Only in Colombia do we have to vote on whether or not we want to live in peace,” someone posted on Twitter recently, referring to the upcoming referendum on whether to ratify the historic peace agreement between the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). On Oct. 2, Colombians will go to the polls and answer a simple question with either a “yes” or a “no

Colombia Peace Deal Resounds In Farc’s Heartland

September 27, 2016 Sibylla Brodzinsky, www.theguardian.com , ,
By Sibylla Brodzinsky for The Guardian - ‘I can’t believe this is really happening. This is a great day for Colombia,’ says Alonso Cardoza from the remote town of Uribe where the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia formally took its name. A large screen hanging in a multipurpose court projects images residents of the remote town of Uribe never believed they’d see. They watched from a region that came to be known as Farc’s headquarters as, 800km (500 miles) away in Cartagena, a peace deal was signed between the government and guerrilla force to end 52 years of war.

Colombia: 5th Afro-Rural Leader Killed Since Cease-Fire Began

September 15, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - Social organizations are warning that peace will not be realized until right-wing paramilitarism is annihilated. Afro-descendent rural leader Nestor Ivan Martinez was shot twice and killed at his farm on Sunday night, according to social organizations from the central province of Cesar—the fifth rural leader killed in Colombia since the beginning of the cease-fire between FARC rebels and the government.

US Activists Urged To Accompany Colombian Voters In October Peace Referendum

September 7, 2016 Staff, www.afgj.org , , ,
By Staff of AFGJ - One of Colombia’s most targeted labor organizations has asked the United Steelworkers to send union members to accompany voters in the country’s October 2nd peace plebiscite. If the “yes” vote wins this election, it will bring an end to 52 years of civil war. The National Unitary Federation of Agricultural Workers Unions (Fensuagro) believes the presence of international solidarity activists can provide an atmosphere of safety in places where paramilitary organizations are threatening pro-peace voters.

Colombia Includes Gender Focus For A Stable, Lasting Peace

August 9, 2016 Patricia Grogg, www.ipsnews.net , ,
By Patricia Grogg for IPS - HAVANA, Jul 29 2016 (IPS) - The novel inclusion of a gender perspective in the peace talks that led to a historic ceasefire between the Colombian government and left-wing guerrillas is a landmark and an inspiration for efforts to solve other armed conflicts in the world, according to the director of U.N.-Women in Colombia, Belén Sanz. In statements to IPS, Sanz described as “innovative and pioneering” the incorporation of a gender subcommittee in the negotiations between the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which began in November 2012 in the Cuban capital and ended in late June with a definitive ceasefire.

Colombia: A Moment Of Great Promise

June 26, 2016 Cecilia, www.colombiasupport.net , , ,
By Colombia Support Network. We celebrate the agreement between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government to end 52 years of armed conflict through a verifiable agreement for a bilateral ceasefire. We fervently hope that the serious issues facing Colombia can now be addressed through dialogue and negotiation, without any party seeking to enforce its concepts through a call to arms. The transitional justice system, while complicated and sure to be very costly, holds great promise for a lasting peace with social justice, as long as a strong commitment by the government and civilian society supports the application of the procedures decided upon. The presence of the international community in support of the agreement to end the armed conflict and to submit the final agreement for approval by the Colombian people gives assurance that a very substantial effort will be made to carry through the points of the agreement.

Striking Colombian Campesinos Reach Deal With Government

June 13, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - The deal means the peasant organizations, which have been holding actions for two weeks, will suspend further protests. The government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Sunday that it had reached a deal with striking peasants and that any further protest action would be suspended. The deal obliges the government to sit down and formally negotiate with the campesino movement.

Victims Of Death Squads Can Sue Chiquita Executives

June 6, 2016 Valentina Stackl, www.earthrights.org , ,
By Valentina Stackl for Earth Rights International - In a victory for accountability for corporate crimes, families of those murdered by Colombian paramilitary death squads can proceed with a U.S. federal lawsuit against former Chiquita executives. Yesterday, JudgeKenneth Marra of the Southern District of Florida ruledthat, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations, “profits took priority over basic human welfare” in the banana company executives’ decision to finance the illegal death squads, despite knowing that this would advance the paramilitaries’ murderous campaign.

Peace Nears In Colombia. Diverse Groups Asked For Solutions

February 10, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - A national forum on the end of the conflict will bring together victims, Afro-Colombians, women, and many more to brainstorm ideas for lasting peace. As Colombia edges closer to peace between the government and FARC guerrilla movement, diverse sectors of the country's society will have a chance to formally have their voices heard on the matter of peace and collectively pitch in to the final leg of the end-of-war process that’s been more than three years in the making.

Colombia’s Agriculture Ministry Occupied Amid Agrarian Protests

September 7, 2015 Grace Brown, www.colombiareports.com , ,
By Grace Brown in Colombia Reports - Some 100 masked protesters occupied the Colombia’s ministry of agriculture in the capital Bogota on Tuesday in an escalation of a demonstration by farmers that began on Monday. The protesters blocked the entrance and exit to the ministerial building on Tuesday morning, demanding that the ministry “complies with agreed commitments and that President [Juan Manuel] Santos guarantees the right to protest”, a spokesperson for the group told Caracol radio. The authorities said that they have since regained control of the building and evacuated the protesters. The occupation occurred in the middle of a peaceful protest, which saw 5,000 farmers from rural areas arrive in Bogota on Sunday, demanding answers from Santos, who has failed to keep promises he made in negotiations to end a major agrarian strike in 2013.

Activists Arrested For Bogotá Bombing Without Evidence

July 21, 2015 Kate Aronoff, www.wagingnonviolence.org , , ,
By Kate Aronoff in Waging Nonviolence - On the morning of July 8, the district attorney of Colombia, in coordination with the National Police, rounded up and arrested 16 people for their alleged connection to a bombing in the capital city of Bogotá a few days earlier. Today, those arrested sit in their cells awaiting indictment. The question being asked by the country’s activists, progressive media and a growing base of skeptics outside of the cellblock is whether they’ve done anything wrong. Despite a marked lack of evidence, Colombian President Manuel Santos has pinned the attack on the National Liberation Army — the country’s second largest terrorist group next to the FARC. Following the raids, Santos’ Defense Ministry further claimed that the suspects were “acting in the name of the ELN,” the Spanish abbreviation of the rebel group.

NGO: 105 Colombian Trade Unionists Killed In 4 Years

April 22, 2015 Telesur, www.telesurtv.net , ,
The killings follow the implementation of a Labor Action Plan signed in 2011 as part of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The Colombia's National Union School presented a report to the U.S. Congress denouncing the killing of at least 105 trade unionists in the past four years. The killings coincides with the implementation of the Labor Action Plan (LAP) that Colombia signed in 2011 as part of the U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. The LAP was promoted by the U.S. government in order to allay concerns about labor and human rights violations. According to the report, more than 1,933 threats and acts of violence have been levied against Colombian workers, including 1,337 death threats in addition to the registered assassinations.
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