Yearly Archives: 2022

What could be ahead for Canada-Colombia relations following the election of Gustavo Petro?

Photo: Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez on election night. On June 19, Gustavo Petro was elected the next president of Colombia. Petro and his vice-presidential running...

Land defenders and the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal, December 5-17

A Black Hawk helicopter flies over Tinigua National Park in Colombia. Photo from How Colombia’s deforestation campaign is targeting subsistence farmers. The Guardian reports: “Ahead...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the CCR at meeting with the Governor of Retalhuleu about the situation in the village of Los Pajales

On June 21, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the CCR in its meeting with the Governor of Retalhuleu about the situation in the Pajales community.” PBI-Guatemala accompanies...

PBI-Colombia highlights lack of adequate progress in the investigations into state violence during the national strike

On June 21, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “#HRC50 Human Rights Council @UN_HRC @pbigeneva before the Office of the Special Rapporteur #ProtestaSocial: No progress is being made on...

PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH at Supreme Court as co-author of murder of Berta Caceres sentenced to 22 years, 6 months

On June 20, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies @COPINHHONDURAS at the gates of the Court awaiting the reading of the sentence of David Castillo as co-author...

PBI presents at the UN in Geneva on the right to peaceful assembly in Kenya, Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico

On June 20, Kim-Mai Vu of Peace Brigades International presented an Oral Statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights...

Gustavo Petro wins the presidential election in Colombia, will be sworn into office on August 7

Photo by Fernando Vergara/ Associated Press. On June 19, Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez won the second-round vote to become the next president and vice-president...

DeSmog and APTN report on intensification of RCMP harassment of Wet’suwet’en and Secwepemc land defenders

Gidimt’en video of RCMP harassment posted on June 11. DeSmog reports: “Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in...

PBI-Mexico accompanies ASMAC and CONTEC at Meeting of Indigenous Communities in Coloradas de la Virgen, Chihuahua

Photo by the Red en Defensa de Territorios Indígenas de la Sierra Tarahumara. El Heraldo de Chihuahua reports: “Children, adolescents and adults attended the Meeting of...

PBI-Mexico accompanies visit of Soledad Jarquín Edgar in Brussels as she seeks justice for the femicide of her daughter

Photo by SemMéxico. SemMéxico reports: “During the last four days, Soledad Jarquín Edgar was in , where accompanied by the organization Consorcio Oaxaca, she presented...
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