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War and the Environment: How did the war in Colombia harm the land, water and air?

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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 online...

PBI-Canada supports the call for a fundamental reassessment of Canadian foreign policy

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Peace Brigades International-Canada supports the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute’s call to “fundamentally reassess Canadian foreign policy.” Some of the questions that would help frame that...

Fracking could lead to the expansion of the Barrancabermeja refinery and further jeopardize the human right to clean drinking water

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The largest oil refinery in Colombia is located on the Magdalena River in Barrancabermeja, Santander and has a refining capacity of 250,000 barrels of...

From Talisman to Frontera: Peace Brigades accompanies struggles centered on Canadian oil and gas operations in Colombia

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Photo from 2011: “PBI accompanies the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) and the Social Corporation for Community Advisory and Training Services (COSPACC),...

#NoALosPilotosDeFracking hashtag on Twitter raises awareness of opposition to fracking in Colombia

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On July 2, many individuals and organizations tweeted messages with the hashtag #NoALosPilotosDeFracking (No To The Fracking Pilots). Media reports have indicated that the Colombian...

MP Paul Manly hears from Colombian human rights defenders concerned by Canadian company in San Luis de Palenque

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  On July 2, Peace Brigades International hosted a Zoom call between Canadian Member of Parliament Paul Manly and representatives from the Committee in Solidarity...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH human rights law firm at hearing on Hogar Seguro fire

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On July 2, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Yesterday we accompanied the BDH to the hearing to review coercive measures in the...

Canadian companies bidding to win fracking contracts to be awarded by Colombia in September/October

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Colombian human rights defenders Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove from the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP) and Ivan Madero from the Regional Corporation...

Frente No a la Minería calls for the closure of Vancouver-based Fortuna’s San José Mine in Mexico

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A company security guard checks a truck entering the San José Mine, November 2012. Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines Inc., through its subsidiary Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán,...

Caal Xol says Oxec hydroelectric company violates the rights of Mayan people during the COVID-19 pandemic

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On July 1, Bernardo Caal Xol posted on Facebook: “The irresponsibility of the hydroelectric company OXEC S.A. in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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