Colombia: false positives, failed justice
Like Cuba’s Ladies in White and Argentina’s Mothers of the May Plaza before them, Colombia’s Mothers of Soacha continue to do the slow and...
Colombia: election result imperils peace
On Sunday 17th June Colombians headed to the polls to vote for their new President. As of 5.30pm the results pointed to a clear...
Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process
This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...
The Heirs: the legacy of violence in Colombia
Right-wing paramilitaries, the heirs of the infamous death squads, have started to re-emerge in Colombia. Programme presented by Teresa Bo.
Video: Al Jazeera (English), 9...
Voices in New York – LAB Newsletter April 2019
26 April 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
The shocking suicide of former President Alan García, as police arrived to arrest, may have been planned in...
Metamorphosis in Colombia: Guerrillas In Search Of Peace
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In 2016 one of the world’s oldest, largest and best known guerrilla armies,...
Colombia’s struggle for sustainable development
The relationship between the natural environment and the armed conflict in Colombia is deeply interwoven and complex, and the issue of governance is at...
El Salvador: reconciliation or impunity?
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly is expected to vote soon on a controversial new 'Special Law of Transitional and Restorative Justice for National Reconciliation'. Despite...
The Peace Agreement three years on – Afro-Colombian and Indigenous perspectives
Three years ago, the Colombian government and its armed
opponents of fifty years signed a peace agreement that offered a framework for
ending violent conflict and...
Migration & displacement – LAB Newsletter July 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
31 July 2019
Migration
and Displacement at crisis point
In addition to our website, LAB’s Facebook page provides a daily stream of summaries...