“A red dress worn by the mountain weather & dust from an industry road in Wet’suwet’en territories. A symbol of the genocide of Indigenous females who are targeted for violence & murder. CGL pipeline guarded by RCMP is being constructed without hereditary leaders consent nearby.” – Photo by Brandi Morin. Read more…
Why did 1,000 people just march on the streets of Puerto Wilches? Join us on Sunday May 8 at 2:30 pm ET to hear environmental defenders Yuvelis Morales and Carolina Agon talk about the popular resistance to fracking in Colombia. Edmonton-based Bronwen Tucker from Oil Change International will also talk Read more…
On April 29, ONU Derechos Humanos Colombia (the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia) tweeted: “Representatives of rural communities from #Buenaventura meet with Juliette De Rivero, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for #human rights. #AtThisTime.” Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city in the department Read more…
On May 1, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “On #May 1 we accompanied @dhColombia in commemoration of the murder of Brayan Niño and Elvis Vivas [during the] #National Strike 2021. On May 1, 2005, Nicolás Neira was assassinated. 17 years later, an Esmad agent was sentenced. #Today research results are urgently needed to Read more…
The Associated Press reports: “A plan to create special self-governing zones for foreign investors in Honduras has been thrown into limbo with the new government’s repeal of a law many criticized as surrendering sovereignty.” “[The zones for employment and economic development known as ZEDEs are] free from import and export Read more…