On June 24, the Colombian news website La Silla Vacía posted this feature article (in Spanish) titled: Fracking advances in quarantine. That article notes: “The norms that will regulate the operation of the pilot fracking projects are progressing at a good pace in the ministries of Mines and Environment and Read more…
On June 24, Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom held a webinar on ‘Environmental Rights and the Legal Community’. To watch that 1-hour webinar, please click here. Near the end of the webinar, a question submitted by PBI-Canada was chosen by webinar host Richard Dyton and directed to Kate Cook, a lawyer Read more…
On June 23, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “From PBI Mexico we express concern over the serious events that occurred in the community of San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca. We join the call made by civil society organizations to the authorities to clarify the facts and ensure the safety Read more…
In March 2010, residents from the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc – an area known as La Puya, just north of Guatemala City – began their struggle against the Vancouver-based Radius Gold Inc. Tambor mine. By March 2012, they set up a peaceful, 24-hour a Read more…
As part of our commitment to peace education, Peace Brigades International-Canada will be participating in the World Beyond War-organized War and the Environment course that takes place from July 6 to August 16. We will be facilitating Week 2 of the course on July 13 to 19: What Wars Do Read more…
Photo: Racist graffiti on the side of a Canadian Army armoured personnel carrier on unceded Kanien’kéha:ka territory (Oka, Quebec), September 2, 1990. After a recent incident of racism in the Canadian military, General Jonathan Vance and Defence Department deputy minister Jody Thomas acknowledged: “historically, the social structures that formed our Read more…
Calgary-based Parex Resources Inc. operates the Aguas Blancas oil field in the municipality of Simacota, Santander in northeastern Colombia. In September 2015, Energía 16 reported: “The Colombian state-owned oil company Ecopetrol has entered into an agreement with the Canadian Parex Resources in order to increase reserves and production in Aguas Read more…
The American business magazine Forbes has reported: “Nearly a third of Colombia is designated indigenous territory… Often, that land sits atop natural riches that have made it the envy of prospectors. Conflicts abound in Colombia between indigenous communities and extractive industries clawing for oil, gold or lumber.” And yet in Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has noted: “Jani Silva is the leader of the Peasant Reserve Zone- Perla Amazónica (ZRCPA) and legal representative of the Association for the Sustainable and Comprehensive Development of the Perla Amazónica (ADISPA), which promotes peace [and] environmental protections.” PBI-Nederland has noted: “Her work involves defending Read more…
The film Nuestras Madres (Our Mothers) was virtually released in the United States on May 1 and is now being released worldwide on various dates. Filmmaker César Díaz says: “Our Mothers focuses on the story of a young researcher trying to identify victims buried in mass graves during the civil Read more…