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Protesters throw stones after a truck carrying what critics called politically motivated U.S.-donated humanitarian aid was set on fire at the Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela on February 23, 2019. (Photo: Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)

IG Report Finds Trump Aid to Venezuela Was Aimed at Toppling Maduro

"This was incredibly obvious at the time, but it's shocking to see the details," said one U.S. journalist and author. 

Brett Wilkins ·

The Volcan Co. strip mine in the city of Cerro de Pasco, Peru more than 300 kilometres east from Lima and 4,380 meters above sea level. (Photo: MARCO GARRO/AFP/Getty Images)

UN Treaty Could Force Mining Companies to Behave Responsibly

As business continues during a global pandemic, the need to protect the environment, health and human rights are ever-more urgent.

Aldo Orellana López ·

Members of the Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó march in memory of victims of the continuing violence in Colombia. (Photo: Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó)

Reporting Human Rights Abuses Is Not a Crime

We stand with the Colombian Peace Community of San José de Apartadó

Defend the Sacred Alliance ·

After a six-year halt, Colombia plans to restart the toxic aerial spraying of glyphosate on coca crops as early as next month—drawing "most welcome" support from U.S. President Joe Biden and sharp criticism from 150 regional experts.

Biden Pushes Colombia to Restart Glyphosate Spraying Program

Experts: “The recently announced decision sends an unfortunate message to the Colombian people that your administration is not committed to abandoning the ineffective and damaging war on drugs internationally."

Common Dreams staff ·

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet during a joint news conference in the capital, Georgetown, on September 18, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

US-Guyana Maritime Patrols Near Venezuela Border Denounced as Latest American Imperialism

Pompeo says the joint naval and air patrols in the disputed, oil-rich region are meant to fight drug trafficking, but critics see them as the latest U.S. aggression toward Maduro.  

Brett Wilkins ·

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion attend a protest against the expansion of Stansted Airport on 29 August 2020 in Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom. (Photo: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

These Big City Mayors Want Green Stimulus Spending to Counter Covid-19

Outside the EU, most pandemic recovery spending has reinforced the carbon-intensive status quo.

Andrew McCormick ·

At least 212 eco-defenders were murdered around the world last year, according to a new annual report. (Image: Global Witness)

Global Witness Reveals 2019 Was 'Deadliest Year on Record' for Eco-Defenders, With 212 Murdered Worldwide

"Those that defend our land and environment are on the front lines of #ClimateAction. But we are failing them badly."

Jessica Corbett ·

People march during a nationwide strike called by students, unions and indigenous groups to protest against the government of Colombia's President Ivan Duque in Medellin, Colombia, on November 21, 2019.

'We Cannot Continue to Live Like This': Mass Protests in Colombia Latest in Latin American Uprisings

"What happened in Chile sent a forceful message."

Eoin Higgins ·

That report notes that among the key resource sectors that are driving the violence against human rights defenders is agribusiness. (Photo: Gabrielle Galindo)

Remembering Colombian Land Defender Hernán Bedoya

"A year before he died, Hernán warned the palm oil companies planned to plant another 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres), which would be impossible unless he and more than a dozen other campesinos were dispossessed."

Brent Patterson ·

Workers from Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, participate in an anti-imperialist march to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in front of the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela on January 31, 2019. The US slapped sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in an attempt to cut off a vital source of funds. (Photo/YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Venezuela Is the Vietnam of Our Time

Celina della Croce ·

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