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Colombia: human rights activists continue to be at risk

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Human rights defenders are essential to the creation of any strong and inclusive democracy. They are key to monitoring, reporting and promoting human rights. They also have a substantial role in the strengthening of peace through dialogue and justice.

Joe Arroyo, RIP

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Colombian salsa legend Joe Arroyo died on 26 July at the age of 55 after being hospitalized for several weeks with a variety of health problems.

Colombia: Demobilised paramilitaries back in action

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It is time for the Colombian authorities to acknowledge the failure of the paramilitary demobilisation argues C.L Smith.

Losing Latin America

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The author argues that America's 'backyard' has never been so united and independent of U.S. influence.

Colombian community prepares to sell forest carbon credits

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The author writes about an initiative that puts an indigenous community in Colombia at the forefront of the fight against climate change.

Colombia: Las Pavas: Farmers demand right of return to lands

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On 4 April 2011, more than 70 adults returned to the Las Pavas ranch (Department of Bolívar), from which they were displaced in July 2009, following various returns and subsequent forced displacements.

Colombia: Multinational Banana Corporation Displaces Afro-Colombian Peace Communities

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Since early December, hundreds of private contractors of multinational banana corporation Banacol have illegally invaded and occupied Afro-Colombian peace communities in the Curvaradó river basin in order to clear the land for banana cultivation.

Nostromo lives on in Colombia’s mining rush

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Perhaps the biggest difference with the Colombia of Conrad's famous novel is the US absence. Today it is the Chinese who are in the ascendancy.

Latin America: Carlos Mesa looks at political transition

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In a talk at the London School of Economics (available as a podcast), former Bolivian President Carlos Mesa looks at political transitions in Latin America.

Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico to Colombia...

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As the US increases it's military presence in Central America Grandin questions the wider policy involved.

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