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Calgary-based Canacol Energy Ltd. in Colombian news articles on alleged funding of presidential campaign

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A Canadian company that was involved in shelved fracking projects in Colombia with ConocoPhillips and that is now reportedly seeking a contract for one...

Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, PBI and ISHR comment on UN Working Group’s report on visit to Honduras

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On July 10, Peace Brigades International, Bertha Isabel Zúniga Cáceres, the general coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras...

Three transnational corporations to submit bids to Canada for $19 billion fighter jet contract by July 31

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The deadline for three transnationals – Lockheed Martin, Saab and Boeing – to submit their bids for a $19 billion fighter jet contract with...

Peace Brigades mourns the murder of trans rights activist Escarleth Caceres in Honduras

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On July 10 at 8 pm, Escarleth Caceres, a member of the LGBT Rainbow Association, was shot in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She died soon afterwards...

A brief history of PBI expulsions from Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Guatemala and West Papua

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On May 23, 2014, two Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project volunteers witnessed 300+ riot police carry out the violent eviction of the Peaceful Resistance of...

Ecopetrol signs MOU with ExxonMobil for fracking pilot project that involves Toronto-based Sintana Energy

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On July 9, Petroguia reported: “ Ecopetrol and the US company ExxonMobil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on the development of...

CCAJAR lawyer Yessika Hoyos comments on the UN Guiding Principles and the need for a Binding Treaty

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On July 8, Colombian human rights lawyer Yessika Hoyos from the Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (CCAJAR) took part in the Peace Brigades International-United...

Study finds high rates of criminalization of defenders, Canadian companies involved in environmental conflicts

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This chart from the new report suggests that “climate and energy” (480) is the second largest category of environmental conflicts after “mining” (573). Montreal-based ecological...

PBI-Canada observes the 30th anniversary of the Oka Crisis and the ongoing usurpation of Indigenous territories

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This July 11th will mark the 30th anniversary of a siege against Indigenous land defenders opposed to the expansion of a golf course and...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signs letter expressing concern about the safety of Colombian human rights defenders

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On July 7, Peace Brigades International-USA tweeted: “94 members of the US Congress, including @RepMcGovern @repmarkpocan, urge @SecPompeo to pressure Ivan Duque's government to...
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