Colombian senator: U.S.-backed labor rights plan a flop
The labor action plan for workers' rights added to the controversial U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement is failing, say a Colombian senator and union leaders.
Campaign to free Colombia's David Ravelo draws global support
Responding to the imprisonment of Colombian human rights activist David Ravelo, members of the North American Committee for the Defense of David Ravelo were in Colombia on Ravelo's behalf.
Free David Ravelo! Peace in Colombia - with justice!
Ravelo, a well-known human rights activist, is the victim of flawed judicial processes.
Burden of Colombian past weighs on peace negotiations
Protection must await a successful outcome of peace negotiations which were set to begin in Norway on October 17 between the Colombian government and the FARC.
Colombian prisoners demand justice
Popular momentum is building to ensure that any settlement coming out of upcoming peace negotiations with insurgents promotes social justice.
Colombian government, pressured, will negotiate with FARC
Colombian President Santos confirmed that his government and the FARC signed an agreement Havana that peace talks would begin in October in Oslo.
Marcha Patriotica takes shape in Colombia
Marchers, 100,000 of them, filled the Plaza Bolivar in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
Hemispheric leaders divided on drug policy, Cuba
President Obama attended the sixth Summit of the Americas over the weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, where he and regional leaders wrestled over a range of politically sensitive issues.
Natural resources exploitation in Latin America violates human rights
Argos, fifth largest cement producer in Latin America, used paramilitary groups to force farm families off land thereby expediting land transfers.
