• Colombia's center-right coalition has been plagued by divisions and infighting (PanAm Post). (panampost.com)
  • While receiving praise outside Colombia for his social justice and urban environmental policies, Bogota 's mayor Petro has remained a polemic figure in Colombia's political arena. (colombiareports.com)
  • While threats of violence marred recent legislative campaigns in Colombia, the March 11 election was Colombia's most peaceful in decades. (usip.org)
  • With the composition of Colombia's next Congress set, jockeying and coalition-building among the main candidates is fully underway ahead of the May 27 presidential polls. (usip.org)
  • Joining together in a "Pacto Obrero" (coalition of workers), workers throughout Colombia's palm sector have organized plantation by plantation since 2013, winning contracts that ensure direct hiring and living wages. (solidaritycenter.org)
  • The AFL-CIO and five Colombian labor organizations raised the issue of abusive subcontracting in a May 2016 trade submission under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) and the U.S. Department of Labor twice reviewed Colombia's progress in addressing the worker rights violations highlighted in the 2016 U.S. trade submission. (solidaritycenter.org)
  • Gustavo Petro, leader of the progressive Humane Colombia movement, will likely be the Historical Pact coalition's presidential candidate. (counterpunch.org)
  • President Gustavo Petro Urrego of Colombia addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly's 77th session. (un.org)
  • During his first speech at the General Assembly as the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro said that the world's addiction to money, oil and carbon is destroying the rainforest and its people under the excuse of a "hypocritical" war against drugs. (un.org)
  • Newly elected President of Colombia Gustavo Petro of Pacto Historico coalition speaks after winning the presidential runoff on June 19, 2022 in Bogota, Colombia. (latintimes.com)
  • According to official results, Gustavo Petro of Pacto Historico coalition has 50,48% of the votes and Rodolfo Hernandez of Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupcion 47,26%, with 99,79 of the voting counted. (latintimes.com)
  • The leftist Pacto Histórico por Colombia (Pacto) coalition made significant gains, but not enough to grant Gustavo Petro , who won the presidential primary elections for Pacto, free reign over congress if his current dominance in the polls leads him to the presidency. (latinnews.com)
  • As president, Uribe prioritized war against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and later opposed the government's peace agreement with the FARC. (counterpunch.org)
  • Ramírez announced that her campaign manager will be former minister Fernando Araujo, who was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and kept in captivity for six years. (panampost.com)
  • On August 29, Colombians awoke to find a video of alias 'Iván Márquez', former peace negotiator in Havana, alongside two other commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revoluciónarias de Colombia, FARC) announcing their return to arms. (colombiapeace.org)
  • Former FARC member Julián Conrado was elected as mayor of Turbaco in northern Colombia although he did not stand for the FARC political party. (justiceforcolombia.org)
  • Marino Grueso, who was backed by the FARC and other left-wing parties, was elected mayor of Guapi in the southwest Cauca region, while former FARC guerrilla Edgardo Figueroa stood for the Independent Social Alliance (ASI) party and was elected mayor of Puerto Caicedo in Putumayo, southern Colombia. (justiceforcolombia.org)
  • First, the U.S. needs to be more vocal, and financially generous, in backing full implementation of the country's Peace Accord signed with the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC) in 2016. (wola.org)
  • Even after the landmark 2016 Peace Accords between the Colombian state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia , FARC), the government has avoided implementing key aspects of the agreements. (nacla.org)
  • On September 26 , the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement to end their 52-year old conflict. (nplusonemag.com)
  • The payments, according to the group, were for protection from other criminal groups in the region, such as the Urabeños drug gang and ex-militants with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC). (insightcrime.org)
  • The Cacao for Peace Initiative is helping Colombia take advantage of rapidly increasing global demand for chocolate, creating economic opportunities for the U.S. chocolate and confectionary industries, American agriculture, and thousands of Colombian farmers and their families. (bcp.org.ph)
  • MANIZALES (Colombia): Colombian provincial club Once Caldas pulled off a huge upset by beating def. (wn.com)
  • Yahoo Daily News SANTA FE DE RALITO, Colombia - Disarmament talks between the Colombian government and right-wing war. (wn.com)
  • Nowhere in Colombia is the problem of forced displacement worse today than in Buenaventura, a largely Afro-Colombian port on the country's Pacific coast. (hrw.org)
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro's visit to Beijing in October amounted to a notable - if quite small - step forward for China and Colombia, building on growing trade and other ties, while also laying the groundwork for cooperation on issues, such as media and security, which China has promoted across the region. (usip.org)
  • The Colombia-Europe-United States Coordinating Group is a coalition of 199 Colombian organizations that work for the promotion, divulgation and defense of Human Rights. (colombiasupport.net)
  • For years, African descendant and Indigenous communities have been fighting for a place at the negotiating tables and have organized themselves into an Ethnic Commission constituted by the National Afro-Colombian Peace Council (CONPA), the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), and the High Government of Indigenous Authorities. (crln.org)
  • When the Ethnic Commission called for action on Tuesday morning, CRLN and coalition partners across the country responded with as much pressure as possible on Colombian and U.S. officials to include the Ethnic Chapter in the final accord language. (crln.org)
  • In Colombia , despite what the Colombian people call the state of terror unions, mass organizations are organizing to help provide minimum necessities, like food, childcare, education, to the poorest people of society. (mwro.org)
  • They are also organizing to put an end to the repression by the Colombian government and the U.S. through Plan Colombia that has killed 7, 000 people a year for political reasons. (mwro.org)
  • The Historical Pact is a coalition of left-leaning and centrist parties and of "social movements, indigenous people, feminists, environmentalists," according to Petro. (counterpunch.org)
  • While it might be too early to attempt to guess what a Biden-Petro relationship could look like, it is certain that the United States will need to adjust its foreign policy towards Colombia when the new administration, with its fresh agenda, takes office on August 7. (wola.org)
  • As well as Petro (Pacto), Federico Gutiérrez won the right-wing Equipo por Colombia ticket, and Sergio Fajardo the centrist Coalición Centro Esperanza. (latinnews.com)
  • A current senator for the left-wing Colombia Humana and the frontrunner in all polls for the presidential first round, Petro decisively won the Pacto primary with 80.51% of the vote. (latinnews.com)
  • I am German citizen and live in Bogota, Colombia. (gaic.info)
  • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia coach Reinaldo Rueda openly admits the defending champion is in no shape to repeat its 2001 victory at the Copa America. (wn.com)
  • In the early morning of March 2, 2023, protesters, and members of the local community guard, attacked a group of police officers guarding Los Pozos oil company, located in the department of Caquetá in southwestern Colombia. (rightsandresources.org)
  • We conducted health facility based AFI surveillance at four sites in Colombia (Cucuta, Cali, Villavicencio, Leticia) during 2019-2022. (bvsalud.org)
  • On 27 October, Colombia staged its first regional and municipal elections since the peace agreement was signed in November 2016. (justiceforcolombia.org)
  • Fajardo, a former mayor of Medellín (2004-2008) and governor of Antioquia department (2012-2016), won less decisively in the Centro Esperanza coalition primary. (latinnews.com)
  • The neo-colonial regimes in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana are covertly and overtly facilitating the US Empire's encirclement of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. (modernghana.com)
  • Many of our brothers and sisters in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana are unaware of the tremendous achievements made by the Bolivarian Revolution. (modernghana.com)
  • On the other hand, in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana, Africans remain economically and socially marginalized as a result of entrenched systemic racism. (modernghana.com)
  • In Brazil and Colombia, thousands of Africans, including high-profile political and community activists, have been murdered by State-sponsored para-military death squads in recent years. (modernghana.com)
  • We are therefore calling on all descendants of captured Africans in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana to resist their respective government's collusion with US imperialism. (modernghana.com)
  • Mexico 's president lays out the preliminary rules for his succession race, Brazil 's conservative Congress takes aim at Lula's environmental agenda, and leaked audio causes a political scandal in Colombia . (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The drafting of the recommendations was agreed with experts in behavioural research and communication and validated in the general population of five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Puerto Rico). (who.int)
  • Centrist parties are therefore likely to play an outsized role in coalition negotiations following the presidential election, with centrist parties set to take 24 seats in the senate and 29 in the lower chamber. (latinnews.com)
  • the right-wing coalition, and from the populist Rodolfo Hernández , who also did not enter the primary and frequently beats Gutiérrez in the polls. (latinnews.com)
  • In the wake of former paramilitary leader Hernán Giraldo's deportation to Colombia, an armed group linked to him has reappeared in a coastal region he once controlled, raising fears of his influence on the criminal landscape. (insightcrime.org)
  • Giraldo was taken into custody upon landing in Colombia, where he still faces charges -- including homicide, kidnapping, torture, human trafficking, and forced displacement -- from when he led the Bloque Resistencia Tayrona paramilitary force. (insightcrime.org)
  • Giraldo led the paramilitary group, which operated principally in Santa Marta's Sierra Nevada region, from the mid-1980s until 2006, when he laid down his arms as part of the demobilization process of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia), a coalition of paramilitary groups that operated throughout the country. (insightcrime.org)
  • Global Forest Coalition also shares the concern of many other civil society organizations about the strong emphasis of the Sustainable Development Goals and the closely linked document of the Financing for Development Summit [6], which will layout the means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, on Public Private Partnerships. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • 1] Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • Washington, DC-The Child Labor Coalition (CLC) today joins nearly 30 NGOs and trade unions from around the world in calling on the jewelry industry to ensure responsible sourcing of precious metals and gems . (stopchildlabor.org)
  • Delegations to and from Colombia witnessed violence and displacement of war, and we prayed and worked for peace. (ucc.org)
  • Widely-known as a musician, Conrado won just under 50 per cent of votes as a candidate for the Colombia Humana progressive coalition. (justiceforcolombia.org)
  • Four months before the presidential elections in Colombia, the center-right coalition is experiencing strong disagreements on how the alliance should be formed. (panampost.com)
  • Over recent years, the camaraderie between Presidents Biden and Duque led to the U.S. government failing to push hard enough for justice for killings of activists, for police brutality, for military espionage of citizens, and for other abuses of human rights and ethnic rights Colombia was failing to punish, or even effectively investigate. (wola.org)
  • Solidarity Center's engagement with palm workers is part of its larger program in Colombia that supports worksite and industry-wide organizing, intensive education on labor rights under the legal framework that came out of the Labor Action Plan , and legal support for worker demands for access to justice. (solidaritycenter.org)
  • Campaigning in Colombia began January 15 for congressional elections on March 13, and for first-round voting for a new president on May 29. (counterpunch.org)
  • Meanwhile the primary elections offered few surprises, nominating the favourites for the three main presidential coalitions. (latinnews.com)
  • However, in the early 2000s, the Indigenous movement in southwestern Colombia started using the term "Minga of Social and Communitarian Resistance" ( Minga de Resistencia Social y Comunitaria ) to refer to campaigns that included non-Indigenous peoples. (nacla.org)
  • Other Latin American governments in Trump's Coalition of the Willing owe Washington some favors for helping them seize power. (cepr.net)
  • Coalition building and conflict resolution are also required. (wola.org)
  • The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia - AUC) was a coalition of right-wing death squads that used the conflict to camouflage their illicit economic activities. (insightcrime.org)
  • Considere donar a InSight Crime y apóyenos en nuestra misión de alzar y profundizar el debate sobre el crimen organizado en América Latina y el Caribe. (insightcrime.org)
  • Third, but perhaps more importantly, the U.S. government should help Colombia to strengthen its judiciary. (wola.org)
  • Lime is proud to join the National Complete Streets Coalition to better use our platform as the world's leading shared micromobility provider to advocate for safer streets in all communities. (li.me)
  • Coalition partners include the Communist Party and the affiliated Patriotic Union on the left, the Alternative Democratic Pole and Humane Colombia representing social democracy, and centrist anti-Uribe groups. (counterpunch.org)
  • There are several proposals and meetings that held regarding these questions: the followers of Alvaro Uribe , Andres Pastrana , and Alejandro Ordonez hope to form a viable center-right coalition. (panampost.com)
  • After the meeting in Barranquilla between the presidents Álvaro Uribe and Andrés Pastrana and their respective candidates, the former conservative president sent a letter to Uribe arguing that his work for the "reconstruction" of Colombia had ended, and that from now on it is the responsibility of candidates Marta Lucia Ramírez and Iván Duque to have "the last word. (panampost.com)
  • After presenting her campaign team, presidential candidate Marta Lucia Ramirez once again urged former presidents Uribe and Pastrana to quickly aid in implementing the center-right coalition. (panampost.com)
  • Second, the U.S. government's 40-year-old approach to drug policy in Colombia must change, fast. (wola.org)
  • Por esto, desde la Coordinación del Grupo de Trabajo de Ciberseguridad de Internet Society Colombia Chapter esperamos movilizar y fortalecer a nuestra comunidad para participar en el II Encuentro interactivo y dinámico que permita aumentar la gestión de conocimiento sobre aspectos relevantes del Cifrado con representante en los ámbitos de la academia, investigación y representantes TIC de los diferentes sectores de la industria. (globalencryption.org)
  • To the political factions that oppose peace, DLP assures them Colombia has changed and they will not succeed in baiting them into war. (colombiapeace.org)
  • At CRLN, we will continue working in coalition with national and international allies until true peace is achieved in Colombia. (crln.org)
  • The National Complete Streets Coalition promotes the development and implementation of Complete Streets policies and professional practices. (li.me)
  • A project of Smart Growth America, the National Complete Streets Coalition promotes the development and implementation of complete streets policies and designs that make it easy for everyone to cross the street, walk to school, ride a scooter or bicycle, and move actively with assistive devices. (li.me)
  • We're thrilled to join the National Complete Streets Coalition and use our platform to advocate for safer streets in cities across the country," said Jonathan Perri, Director of Advocacy at Lime. (li.me)
  • This bill is the product of more than a decade of work by the National Complete Streets Coalition and Smart Growth America. (li.me)
  • New York] The Global Forest Coalition [1] reacted furiously to the final draft of the Sustainable Development Goals released this week. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • Monthly bulletin reporting news and events on the Coalition and its members. (rhsupplies.org)
  • One hundred and eighty-one major national and international business associations and companies have joined forces with the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), forming the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) to oppose the rollout of ICANN's top-level domain expansion program. (ana.net)
  • The Global Encryption Coalition promotes and defends encryption in key countries and multilateral fora where it is under threat. (globalencryption.org)
  • To legitimize this brutality, which has likely already killed thousands of Venezuelans by reducing access to life-saving goods and services, the Trump administration has presented the sanctions as a consensus of the "international community"-similar to what George W. Bush did when he put together a "coalition of the willing" of 48 countries to support his disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq. (cepr.net)
  • Therefore, if China's guidelines were stricter than those of the second country-in this case, Colombia-the guidelines promulgated by China should prevail. (rightsandresources.org)
  • The proposals are on the table and the voters hope that the winning formula that they present will change the course of Colombia," reads the letter shared by former president Pastrana on his Twitter account. (panampost.com)
  • President Joe Biden has already spoken about the importance of Colombia as an ally in the region. (wola.org)
  • The Colombia-Europe-United States Coordinating Group condemns the attacks by the President of the Republic on judicial order and democratic procedures. (colombiasupport.net)
  • We thank God for this work, and the efforts of our partners, Justapaz (the Mennonite Church in Colombia), Sembrandopaz (in the High Mountain region of Bolivar), and CEDECOL (Coalition of Evangelical Churches in Colombia) for their role. (ucc.org)
  • From established working groups to cross-cutting caucuses, regional forms or discussion groups - these are the vehicles through which Coalition members collaborate. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Jorge Montes is a leader in El Carmen de Bolivar, a town in a mountainous agricultural region of Colombia that has suffered countless displacements and deaths as competing armed groups have fought over this territory. (ucc.org)
  • Join us as we discuss these protests organized by the Detroit-Wayne County Homeless Union, the Michigan Up and Out of Poverty Now Coalition (including MWRO), and several other community groups. (mwro.org)
  • With more than 2.8 million hectares of land suitable for cocoa growth, and as a major producer of fine or flavor cocoa, Colombia has the ability to be a world leading exporter of cacao. (bcp.org.ph)
  • The rally was called by Workers World Party and endorsed by Marcha Patriótica Colombia, the Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition and the International Action Center. (workers.org)
  • Michigan Women United, a coalition group of One United Michigan (for Affirmative Action) Dinner Meeting. (mwro.org)
  • Coalition leader Abayomi Azikiwe was one of the protesters who gathered outside JPMorgan Chase bank in downtown Detroit on July 15 for a busy lunchtime street speakout and show of solidarity. (workers.org)
  • The strike and subsequent agreement at Indupalma caps efforts by palm workers to achieve rights on the job at plantations across Colombia, a struggle that often met brutal retaliation: Up to 130 union activists were assassinated and members of five union executive committees were forced to flee for their lives five times in the past 25 years. (solidaritycenter.org)