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Colombia Update Archives

2005

August 2005

Action Alert: U.S. State Department Rolls Over Victims' Rights in Colombia
Let Newspapers Know What You Think! Sample letter, instructions, addresses.
Visiting the peace communities: August 2005 report of Colombia delegation

July 2005

Action Alert: Call Congress for Bipartisan Letter to President Uribe
Curt Wands: Assistance, Development & War on the Lower Atrato River
Letter from the Field: "There is going to be shooting."


June 2005

“Putting Us to the Test”: A Massacre in Colombia Spurs Activism and Reaction
U.S. House Votes to Renew Plan Colombia
News Briefs
Upcoming Speaking Tours
Letter from the Field: A Visit to Toribio by Patricia Abbott, CPP field team member

May 2005

Colombia War Spills into Indians Peaceful World
Report Back on Recent Actions

Keeping the Pressure on Congress
Last chance to apply - Visit Colombia with FOR and Global Exchange
Letter from the Field
Update on San José de Apartadó Massacre


April 2005

Indigenous Peace Communities bombed
Speak Out for Peace in Colombia
Colombia Photo Exhibit to Open in Philadelphia
News Briefs
Letter from the Field: Update on the displacement in San José de Apartadó

March 2005

Further aggressions against the Peace Community
Out of Indignation
Letter from the field: Eight Years of Struggle

Responses and Grassroots Mobilizations


February 2005

San José de Apartadó: Community Leaders and Others Killed
Protestors in Cartagena: "Free Trade Agreements Should Be Decided in a Referendum" Resistance Unarmed: FOR Photography Exhibitions Opens in New York
Ecumenical Advocacy Days: Make all Things New
Letter from the Field: A trip to the Heartland of the U'wa struggle

January 2005

FOR opens new office in Bogotá
Indigenous Protests Against Dam Project Culminate in March on Bogotá

Colombian Rebels Want to Participate in Election
U.S. State Department Intervenes To Protect Occidental Against Lawsuit For Human Rights Crimes

Announcements:


FOR Inaugurates New Team in Bogotá
Ecumenical Advocacy Days Washington D.C. March 11-14, 2005
Human Rights Delegation to Colombia July 30-August 13, 2005


2004

December 2004

To the Colombia Peace Presence Supporters
Peaceful Path of Women Marches to the Chocó
News Briefs
Letter from the Field: A Holiday Message from the Cacarica River Basin

November 2004

Paramilitary Demobilization Heightens Fears
Noah's Ark sails through Colombia's conflict-clogged river
Human Rights Delegation to Colombia July 30 to August 13, 2005
2005 Colombia Volunteer Training
"Building from the Inside Out: Peace Initiatives in War-Torn Colombia"
Letter from the Field: Support and solidarity for the campesinos of San José
Colombia CDs Review : Redemption Songs and Resistance Grooves

October 2004

Indigenous Colombians Commemorate 512 Years of Resistance
Huge protests slam Uribe's economic policies
Colombian Paramilitary Group Proposes Demobilization
Faith Group Leaders ask Bush, Kerry for New Colombia Policy
FOR at the School of the Americas Protest, November 19th-21st
2005 Colombia Volunteer Training
Successful San José Peace Community Caravan

August/September 2004

Indigenous Colombians Call for Land, Life and Dignity
Indigenous "Great March for Life, Happiness, Justice, Equity and Freedom"
News Briefs from Colombia Week
Letter from the Field: University of Resistance

July 2004

Thank you for your concern and support!
FOR 2004 National Conference: Organizing The Real Superpower
The Trend of Questioning Human Rights Organizations' Legitimacy
Gay movement picks up steam
Letter from the Field: different perspectives
Letter from NGOs in support of volunteers in Colombia

June 2004

URGENT COLOMBIA ACTION - CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!
International Volunteers in Colombia Threatened with Deportation and Arrest
Peace Community Statement - June 2
Comunicado Publico - 2 de junio
An Urgent Call for Solidarity
Un Llamado Urgente De Solidaridad
Letter to Uribe

May 2004

Fourth Inzá Women's Gathering
Trade talks worry public-sector unions
News Briefs
Bring a Message of Hope to your Community!
Letter from the Field: saving lives

Telling the Truth is not a Sin
10 non-violent youth activists beaten in Colombia

April 2004

Take Action - Petition to John Kerry
Bring a Message of Hope to your Community!
Popular Protest Against Mass Detentions
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe visits the US
Government Scraps Amnesty Proposal
Letter from the Field: Seeking Shelter

March 2004

Report on Speaking Tour: The Role of Women in Resistance to War
Attempts to Destabilize Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
Cacarica: We Continue to Seek Justice
UN Pans Government Human Rights Record
Important Resource on Colombian Peace Initiatives
Upcoming Delegation and Speaking Tour

February 2004

Urgent Action - Paramilitary Incursions in Jiguamiandó
Spring Speaking Tour with Ella Florez from San José de Apartadó
Summer Delegation to Colombian Communities
Bush would give Colombia nearly $700 million
Letter from the Field:You're Invited


2003

December 2003

Colombia News Brief
FOR Colombia Program Calendar

November 2003

Colombia Peace Presence Updates
Corporacion Juridica Libertad Alert

October 2003

Colombia Peace Presence Updates

September 2003

Colombia Peace Presence Updates

August 2003

Colombia Peace Presence Updates
Human Rights Volunteers Needed in Colombian Peace Community
US Corporations Sued for Human Rights Violations in Colombia

July 2003

Colombia Peace Presence Updates

June 2003

Colombia Peace Presence Updates
Seeking a Feasible and Survivable Health Program

May 2003

FOR Colombia Team Re-launch
Speaking tour successfully completed
The Bombing in Bojayá One Year Later
Further threats against Afro-Colombian communities of resistance
Inter-Ethnic Education in Cacarica
2003 Colombia Aid Package Passed; More Money Requested in 2004

April 2003

Peace Communities under pressure
Afro-Colombia Working Group Delegation
Colombia Mobilization in Los Angeles
From Bogotá to Baghdad


March 2003

Rigo Remembered
Afro-Colombian Arbitrarily Detained

Community Of Puerto Lleras Displaced Amid Continued Aggression, Hostilities And Military Operations Against The Afro-Colombian Community

Humanitarian Commission Detained; Covert Military Forces Continue To Advance

On How the Persecution of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó and its Community Leaders is being planned

February 2003

Columbia Peace Presence Update

Detention of two members of the internal council of the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó and several other peasants from the area

Persecution Against the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó and its Leaders

January 2003

Help Peace Community Residents Return To Their Homes


2002

December 2002

CPP December Update
Report on the International Gathering for Justice and Moral Sanctions

November 2002

"Now we can do whatever we like":
Paramilitaries return to peace community on heels of army
Report from the FOR Delegation in Colombia

Paramilitary raid and Army occupation of San José de Apartadó settlement
In memoriam:  Paul Wellstone
Colombia Mobilization
Meeting your new or re-elected Representatives
Thanks to Chris and Carin
Reflection from the Field:  Dreams of a Ten-Year-Old

October 2002

Overcoming the Logic of War in Colombia - An interview with Ana Teresa Bernal
Marches for Justice are Met with Injustice


September 2002

Colombian National Indigenous Organization (ONIC) will not get involved in armed conflict

ONIC Press release


August 2002

Death Threats Against CPT in Colombia
New Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez Takes Office
Women march to protest against the armed conflict (from El Espectador)
Women demand that Alvaro Uribe (President elect) strive for a negotiated solution (from El Tiempo

July 2002

Letters & Updates


June 2002

Colombian Elections and Raising a Flag of Hope

May 2002

EMERGENCY SITUATION AT THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BOJAYÁ AND VIGÍA DEL FUERTE
San Francisco Chronicle article on this issue

February 2002

Colombia - Peace vs. Oil


2001

November 2001

La Unión, September 11th, 2001

July 2001

The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia

Spring 2001

Plan Colombia Flights to Operate from Panama


2000

March 2000

Washington's "Aid" Package for Colombia

Summer 2000

Colombia Update: War by Any Other Name

 

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