Yearly Archives: 2019

Colombian energy minister says fracking protocols will be ready by June 2020

On December 3, the Colombian Minister of Energy announced at the Colombian Energy Summit in Bogota that the protocols for fracking would be ready...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch’orti’ visits to state institutions to demand closure of projects lacking their consent

On December 3, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Today PBI accompanied Nuevo Día to different state institutions in Chiquimula, San Juan Ermita, Camotán...

Colombian human rights defender Yanette Bautista on being accompanied by PBI “green vests”

Yanette Bautista has been fighting against forced disappearances in Colombia since the disappearance of her 32-year-old sister Nydia Erika on August 30, 1987. Nydia Erika’s...

PBI accompaniment in relation to the Positive Peace Report and the Global Peace Index

The global network Rotary highlights on its Promoting Peace webpage that, “Rotary has partnered with the Institute for Economics and Peace, an independent think...

PBI-Honduras to hear the testimony of LGBTQI+ defenders, Dec. 6

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on its Facebook page, “This Friday, December 6, we will be at Casa Quinchon listening to the...

PBI-Honduras observes the sentencing of the seven men found guilty of killing Berta Cáceres

On December 2, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “Today we observed the reading of the sentence of the seven defendants in the case...

Canadian Ambassador Marcel Lebleu visits the office of dh Colombia

On December 2, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted, “Today, the Canadian Ambassador, Marcel Lebleu, visited the office of the Association Network of Human...

PBI-Guatemala visits environmentally-threatened department of Petén

On December 2, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “During our observation trip to Petén we visited different organizations, including ACDIP (the Association of...

PBI-Colombia notes UN’s call for comprehensive protection for Indigenous Nasa community

On October 29, Governor Cristina Bautista Taquinas, the leader of the semi-autonomous Indigenous reservation of Nasa Tacueyó, and four unarmed Indigenous Guards - Asdrubal...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies CCDA Verapaz on visit to communities of Xyaal Kobee and Xa Jobche

On November 30, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Projected posted, “The day before yesterday we accompanied CCDA Verapaz to visit the communities of Xyaal Kobee...
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