NGOs and Academia
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
Military and police officers were implicated in a series of deaths and disappearances in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon in 2010.
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 00:00
Since early December, hundreds of private contractors of multinational banana corporation Banacol have illegally invaded and occupied Afro-Colombian peace communities in the Curvarado river basin.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
In your visit last week, you are said all the right words. Now Colombia needs to see the deeds.
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 00:00
The ICRC is acting as a neutral intermediary. We are helping to establish the security conditions necessary for the humanitarian operation and to coordinate the logistic aspects.
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 00:00
The contracts included two for an "Advanced Operations Base" [pdf flles] for the U.S. Southern Command special operations unit in Tolemaida, located south of Bogota.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 00:00
After hopes of a something closer to FDR's Good Neighbor Policy of (relative) non-intervention, we find ourselves facing a new wave of militarization in Latin America–supported and promoted by the Obama administration.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:00
The Santos administration will need to show real improvements in labor and human rights before the U.S. Congress considers a trade agreement.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:00
The visit should signal the Obama Administration's continued commitment to securing America's southern border while moving in tandem with its threatened neighbor to curb narco-violence and drug-related terror.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
Con motivo de su proxima visita a Washington, tengo el honor de dirigirme a V.E. con el fin de llamar su atencion sobre algunos problemas urgentes de derechos humanos que enfrenta Colombia.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 00:00
The deal was nearly set in stone when Lula left office, but after less than a month as president, his protege and successor Dilma Rousseff is now rethinking it.