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Colombian government advances process for fracking pilot projects during COVID-19 quarantine

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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...

British lawyer responds to PBI-Canada question about the need for a Binding Treaty on transnational corporations

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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...

PBI-Mexico expresses concern over the deaths of 17 people in San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca

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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...

Investor-state challenge vs La Puya resistance elevates corporate profit over human rights

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In March 2010, residents from the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc – an area known as La Puya, just...

PBI-Canada to participate in War and the Environment online course

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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...

Racialized militarism, peacebuilding and opening a conversation about defunding the military

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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...

Calgary-based Parex Resources Inc. and its Aguas Blancas oil field in Simacota, Colombia

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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:...

Sixteen Canadian oil and gas companies visited Colombia on government-organized trip despite conflicts over Indigenous rights

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The American business magazine Forbes has reported: “Nearly a third of Colombia is designated indigenous territory… Often, that land sits atop natural riches that...

Colombian human rights defender Jani Silva defends communities impacted by oil operations in Putumayo

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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...

César Díaz dedicates his film ‘Nuestras Madres’ to the victims of Guatemala’s genocide

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The film Nuestras Madres (Our Mothers) was virtually released in the United States on May 1 and is now being released worldwide on various...
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