Little more than a year after being awarded the world’s most prestigious environmental award and a day after she almost was assassinated, Francia Marquez urged the government to embrace the…
Armed men attacked Afrocolombian leaders who were preparing a pending meeting with the national government, they said Saturday. Two bodyguards were injured. According to black rights organization PCN, armed men…
The ex-security chief of former President Alvaro Uribe was arrested after being sent back to Colombia by the United States on Monday on forced disappearance and murder charges. This arrest…
Politicians from former guerrilla group FARC have expressed serious security concerns in the run-up to Colombia’s local elections. This year will be the first local and municipal elections since Colombia’s…
Around 1,500 social leaders from across Colombia have gathered at a humanitarian refuge in a plaza in Bogota, opened in protest against rising violence against leaders, human rights defenders and…
As Colombia’s government makes promise after promise of action, violence against Colombia’s social leaders is exponentially increasing, according to a thinktank. Last year was 44% more violent than 2017, with…
Assassins murdered the third native Colombian leader since President Ivan Duque’s failed meeting with indigenous representatives last week. Jhon Jader Cayapu, a community leader from the Cauca province where local…
Colombia’s defense minister has clashed with the United Nations over a report that criticized increasing violence in the South American country. Defense Minister Guillermo Botero challenged the United Nations High…
A deputy of the Choco province assembly was found murdered in western Colombia on Wednesday, raising the alarm for security around October’s elections. Two of the three campaign assistants who…