teleSUR | February 29, 2016 The brother of former Colombian President Alvro Uribe was arrested Monday accused of having ties with paramilitaries — also known as death squads — in the country as well as other crimes. Santiago Uribe Velez was arrested in the coastal city of Medellin by officials from the attorney general’s office, […]
teleSUR – February 21, 2016 The Colombian army killed at least seven ELN guerrillas in a special operation Saturday that took place near its border with Venezuela – an attack that is sure to have repercussions for the preliminary peace negotiations between the rebel group and the Colombian government. Two other ELN (National Liberation Army) […]
By Justin Podur – teleSUR – February 8, 2016 The U.S. has announced funding for a new Plan Colombia as the country moves towards a resolution to its civil war. What is its real purpose? Colombia’s peace process has entered its final phase. Agreements have been reached on land reform, political participation, and the rights […]
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries patrol a small village. The AUC have been responsible for torture, extrajudicial killings, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Photo: Justice for Colombia By Daniel Kovalik | teleSUR | February 3, 2016 Plan Colombia’s 15th anniversary will be celebrated in Washington Thursday. But the legacy of the plan […]
Zika freakout, 'Who Owns Organic' and breakfast all-day + this day in history w/the Day The Music Died and our song of the day by Field Music on your Morning Monarchy for February 3, 2016.
Colombia joins the ranks of other nations who have moved to reduce prohibition on marijuana for the medical well-being of its citizens.
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Danelly Estupiñan, a powerful Afro-Colombian human rights activist and personal friend of mine, is now facing a mortal threat from the fanatical criminals aligned with powerful economic interests who are committed to keeping Black people subjugated in the port city of Buenaventura and throughout Colombia.
An activist and member of the Black Communities Process (PCN), Danelly joins a long list of women, labor and youth activists who are facing death or have been murdered for daring to organize Afro-Colombians to defend their dignity.
Campesino leaders say the government is criminalizing their movements and does not protect their rights. | Photo: @marchapatriota teleSUR – November 21, 2015 At least 300 campesino leaders have been killed in Colombia in 2015, according to Andres Gil, human rights leader and spokesperson of the Marcha Patriotica. Many of these deaths have come as […]
Political theorist Yaron Ezrahi observes that “attempts to fuse an instrumental concept of politics with a political commitment to a humanistic conception of freedom” have marked the political tradition of the West since Machiavelli’s publications in the early 16th century.
