About 30,000 people marched peacefully in the capital Thursday in support of a 10-day protest by small farmers, then pandemonium broke out as masked youths hurling rocks and bricks fought […]
I began to investigate the reasons why the Free Trade Agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration was being implicated as the reason for the ICA ‘s Resolution 9.70. I found […]
Ignored by English-language media, rural uprisings spread across industries as hundreds of thousands protest US-backed government Read here By Sarah Lazare Published in Common Dreams August 25, 2013
For over 60 days, the peasants have been demonstrating against the deplorable living conditions and economic circumstances in which they live, and in support of their proposal for a Peasant […]
This is the region of Catatumbo, and the campesinos are its poorest residents. At the moment, Catatumbo is at the frontline of Colombia’s raging civil war –a war that hasn’t […]
There is widespread bitterness with the Colombian government as a product of the deteriorating economic situation, the poor state of the country’s health care system, and the government’s push for […]
Far from thinking of genetically modified seeds as demoniacal, I believe there is not enough information in our country about their implications in biodiversity, environment, and health. By Marta Ruiz […]
Tejido de Comunicación [Fabric of communication] spoke with Germán Vélez, member of the group Semillas [Seeds], who shared with us his knowledge about the extensive farming problems of these past years due to […]
During the radio show “Meanwhile and just in case”, the President of the Federation added “we are getting together to demand an end to the neoliberal economic policies of the […]
