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Colombia

Attendees of Secret Meeting for 'US Military Assault' on Venezuela Revealed

With the backing of the Trump administration, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself "interim president" earlier this year.

As Guaidó Returns to Venezuela, Pence Threatens 'Swift Response' If Opposition Leader Arrested

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Leader of right-wing opposition—attempting to overthrow the elected government with the help of the Trump administration—claims it "would be a coup d'état" if he was detained

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With Trump Pushing Regime Change in Venezuela, Critics Warn News Outlets Failing US Viewers Once Again

Jon Queally, staff writer

"If the US had a major state TV network it would sound exactly like this. 100%...

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Confirming US Orchestration, Report Details Pence's Key Phone Call to Venezuelan Opposition Leader

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The U.S. had been planning this coup in Venezuela. It was the Trump...

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Trump's Threats of Military Action in Venezuela Rejected Across Latin America

A New Era Begins as Colombian Congress Approves FARC Peace Deal

Nobel Hypocrisy as Colombia Marxists Excluded from Prestigious Peace Prize

'Unspeakably Sad': Colombia Voters Narrowly Reject Landmark Peace Deal

Colombians celebrate the signing of the peace accord in Bogotá on Wednesday.

'It Is Time to Give Peace a Chance': Historic FARC Peace Deal Achieved

Historic Ceasefire Reached Between Colombia, Leftist FARC Rebels

Families of Death Squad Victims Allowed to Sue Chiquita Executives

Accused of War Crimes, Oil Giant Shielded by US Supreme Court

Citing Cancer Fears, Colombia Ends US-Backed Toxic Fumigation Program

US Supreme Court Rejects Terror Claims Against Chiquita

As Oil Money Flowed, Clinton Turned Back on Rights Abuses in Colombia: Report

Colombian Farmers Take BP to Court in Landmark Case

Further

Cruel Joke: What Will Your Mother's Day Flowers Cost?

This Mother's Day, Americans will buy over $2 billion worth of cut flowers for their doubtless worthy mothers. Alas, other worthy mothers - many in Colombia's Bogotá Savanna - will have often produced them, enduring injuries, pesticides, birth defects and obscenely low wages for your pleasure. Also their kids sometimes. Maybe get her a (locally grown) perennial instead?

Newswire

Earthrights International

The U'wa Nation Continues Lawsuit Against Colombia at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...

Amnesty International

Colombia: Peace Agreement Must Open the Door to Justice

Earthrights International

Human Rights Claims against Chiquita for Funding Colombian Paramilitaries Will Proceed in U.S. Court

EarthRights International

Victims of Colombian Death Squads Can Move Forward With Case Against Former Chiquita Executives

Public Citizen

Groups Demand Answers From Obama Administration Regarding Alleged U.S. Interference in Colombian Health Measure

Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Colombia: FARC Pact Risks Impunity for ‘False-Positives’

Views

Gustavo Petro

Why We in Colombia and Elsewhere Reject US Intervention in Venezuela

Peter Certo

People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad

Laura Carlsen

The Organization of American States Shouldn’t Be Run by Regime Change Enthusiasts

J.M. Kirby

Afro-Colombian Women Mobilize for Justice and Healing on International Women’s Day

Christy Thornton

An Empire Upside Down

Martin Winiecki

War and Peace and War

Laura Carlsen

Who Gains from Colombia’s Vote for Permanent War?

Laura Carlsen

Plan Colombia, Permanent War, and the NO Vote

Jennifer Lynn McCoy

Will Colombia's Peace Deal Get the People's Vote?

Dave Johnson

Sanders, Brown Speak Out On Gunboat Diplomacy For Corporations

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