We are reaching you from Colombia, South America. We have been astonished by all you efforts and resistance in order to keep extractive corporations out of your town, and we […]
By blockading highways and stopping work since August 19, Colombian campesinos made a dramatic statement for a fairer economy and greater independence from the United States. The central demand was and […]
Social protest is making its come back. It shows up the dissatisfaction that does exist and leaves a bittersweet sensation around La Habana[‘s peace negotiations with FARC]. By Marta […]
Along with roadblocks and marches, in symbolic acts intended to express their inability to earn a living and their frustration at government inertia, dairy farmers in Boyacá poured out over […]
On August 29, President Juan Manuel Santos announced a list of measures his government was willing to take, provided that the striking farmers put an end to their protest. Short […]
Although it has gone mostly unreported by the South African media, AngloGold’s arrival, activities, and potential exploitation of gold, has not been celebrated by many in the Colombian communities where […]
It is crucial to mention that the support or the coincidence of guilds such as truckers, miners, students, members of the health sector and labor confederations in this call-up, is […]
Slaves were in Chocó to mine gold, and gold mining, much of it illegal and artisanal, is still going on all over the department. One figure claims that there are […]
The “ruanas revolution” is prospering around the whole country. It is a pacific revolution in which peasants are the leading stars. By Rodolfo Arango Originally published in Spanish here, on August […]
