Yearly Archives: 2020

Barbara MacQuarrie and the early days of PBI in Guatemala and El Salvador

Canadian Barbara MacQuarrie was involved in the early days of Peace Brigades International. In January 1990, Peace Magazine reported, “A veteran Peace Brigader, Barbara (a...

PBI volunteers present when Salvadoran police raided the CRIPDES office in 1989

Photo: On April 19, 1989, PBI volunteers (seated) observed outside while Salvadoran police prepared to storm the CRIPDES office with 60 people inside, including...

PBI’s Principles and Mandate – and Founding Statement

Photos of George Willoughby and Steve Kaal (from Montreal) at Camp NeeKauNis (about 130 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada) where a General Assembly...

New Internationalist article on PBI in Sri Lanka, Guatemala and Colombia from 1998

Illustration by Sarah John. On January 5, 1998, New Internationalist published this article titled Foreign Bodies about ‘a day in the life’ of Peace Brigades...

PBI-Honduras on defending and caring for the land in the time of coronavirus

"Honduras is currently suffering a double epidemic: on the one hand COVID19 and on the other hand the Army." The director of the LGBT+ rights...

Work on Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline continues on Unist’ot’en territory during pandemic

The Unist’ot’en Camp has expressed its concern that construction on the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline has continued on Wet’suwet’en territory during the pandemic. On...

Construction on Trans Mountain pipeline to proceed “along every section of the route” despite UN resolution

On May 11, the CBC reported, “Next month, expects to break ground along the 1,147-kilometre route and begin pipeline construction near Kamloops, B.C....

EDC says it carried out ‘rigorous due diligence’ before loan for Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet’suwet’en territory

On May 4, the Toronto Star reported, “The federal government’s export credit agency will lend up to $500 million to build the Coastal...

EDC loans up to $500 million for Coastal GasLink pipeline despite UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders

On May 4, the Toronto Star reported, “The federal government’s export credit agency will lend up to $500 million to build the Coastal...

Two Canadian oil companies could be involved in fracking pilot projects in Colombia where social licence is in question

On May 7, this feature article about fracking in Colombia was published by Semana Sostenible of Colombia and Mongabay Latam: Toronto-based Sintana Energy and the...
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