To register for the webinar with Colombian environmental defenders from the Magdalena Medio region, click here. On April 22-23, Colombian president Ivan Duque and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau will participate in US President Joe Biden’s virtual Climate Leaders Summit. The White House media statement on this has noted: “The Read more…
Ivan Madero (left) and Yuli Velasquez (right) will be among the environmental defenders participating in the webinar on Thursday April 29. The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has approved two fracking pilot projects near Puerto Wilches in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia. ExxonMobil plans to invest $53 million in its Read more…
To hear Colombian social leaders speak about Platero/VMM-37, please register for this bilingual webinar on Thursday April 29. This morning, Toronto-based Sintana Energy Inc. released this statement that confirms the recently approved ExxonMobil Platero fracking pilot project is the VMM-37 block in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia. Their statement Read more…
To hear the latest on the proposed law to ban fracking in Colombia, join this webinar on April 29. Photo by Wesley Tomaselli. On August 10, 2020, Semana Sostenible reported: “Environmentalists and congressmen came together today to present a bill banning the exploration and exploitation of non-conventional deposits of hydrocarbons Read more…
The Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) and the Social Corporation for Community Advice and Training (COSPACC) held a GRAN LANZAMIENTO (big launch) on April 14. The poster above says: “Do not miss the day of launching reports, books and texts in favor of the defence of human rights Read more…
On April 10, El Espectador reported: “Last Friday, April 9, in the midst of the victims’ national day, lawyers representing the fatal and injured victims of the chaos that broke out in Bogota on September 9, 2020, received news that they were waiting for months ago.” At least thirteen people Read more…
PBI-Canada welcomes the field brigadistas who have recently joined the PBI-Colombia Project! They are Margherita (Italy), Tasos (Greece), Jason (Ireland), Hannah (Norway), Delia (Chile), Aldana (Argentina), Íñigo (Basque Country) and Ruth (Spain). We look forward to hearing about your work and reading the articles you produce like this one by Read more…
Photo: In February, PBI-Colombia accompanied the Inter-Church Commission on Justice and Peace as concerns were expressed about the bodies that have been dumped by armed groups into the waters around Buenaventura. Global Affairs Canada produces an annual report on human rights relating to the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. This Annual Read more…
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has posted this URGENT INTERVENTION (in Spanish) on the following situation in Colombia. The Observatory notes that it has received with deep concern information on death threats against membership of the Regional Corporation for the Defense of Human Rights (CREDHOS) and Read more…
On April 9, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Today, PBI accompanied dhColombia with organizations of state victims in a sit-in in front of the Consulate of the European Union in Colombia within the framework of the National Day of Memory and Solidarity with Victims.” Established in 2012, the National Day pays tribute to Read more…