Bogota ‘SlutWalk’ demands end to machismo in Colombia (PHOTOS)
Women’s rights supporters on Saturday marched through Bogota for the right of women to behave and dress as they like, drawing a thousand protestors. {japopup type=”image”...
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Colombia bans ‘blank vote’ propaganda in campaign against hydroelectric dam
The National Electoral Council on Wednesday banned propaganda for a campaign for “blank votes” in a gubernatorial race heavily influenced by a hydroelectric dam project in southwest Colombia. A gubernatorial campaign...
Read MoreColombia peace community sees no peace
For 15 years a “peace community” in northwest Colombia has maintained neutrality in the country’s armed conflict, defiantly staying on their land despite ongoing battles between security forces, guerrillas, and...
Read MoreMultinational mining giant sues small town in central Colombia
The multinational gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, on Monday took legal action against a small town in central Colombia after its citizens allegedly prohibited the mining company’s employees’ freedom of...
Read MoreParamilitaries, Uribe’s associates ‘blocking’ land restitution: NGO
Threatened prominent land restitution advocate has told Colombia Reports why land is not being returned to those displaced in Colombia’s conflict. The priest Jesus Alberto Franco, of Colombian NGO the Intereclesial...
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