Peoples Dispatch Lucy Villareal, a 32-year-old mother, artist and activist was assassinated on December 23 in Tumaco, Nariño. Photo: Indoameranto The humanitarian tragedy in Colombia continues. In the past five days, too many families and communities have been shaken by the loss of loved ones who were targeted because of their commitment to fighting for…
Category: STATE TERRORISM
Bolivia: They are Killing Us, Comrades!
Claudia Karol In Bolivia they are not only carrying out a coup d’état, but also a fascist, macho and racist massacre against a people that will not accept discipline. They are killing us… We are receiving audios all the time, from different parts of Bolivia: Cochabamba, El Alto, Senkata, La Paz… They bring desperate cries…
Military and Police in Bolivia: Historical Resentment in the Belly of the Fascist Political Apparatus
Ernesto Eterno Bolivia is living through another moment of social and political rupture in its long history of instability and civic-police-military coup d’état. What happens over and above the tragedy experienced by this heroic people, has many paradoxes that cannot be ignored. The first of them is the incomprehensible destructive venture of a country that…
Colombian Defense Minister’s Resignation is a Blow to Impunity of the Establishment
Peoples Dispatch Colombian minister of defense Guillermo Botero resigned after an investigation revealed that at least eight children were killed in a bombing he had ordered. The incident took place on August 29 and immediately after, the government claimed that “14 criminals,” members of a supposed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissident group had…
Colombia: Duque Presented Bombed Minors and Children as ‘Narco-Terrorist Criminals’
Colombia’s Senate was shocked on Tuesday when hearing that at least seven minors were killed in a bombardment that President Ivan Duque presented as an “impeccable operation” against dissident FARC rebels. The accusation was made by influential Senator Roy Barreras during a debate over a motion of no confidence against Defense Minister Guillermo Botero. Duque’s…
The Brink of Extinction in Colombia
Evan King and Samantha Wherry The boat ride to Pichima Quebrada—a small Wounaan Indigenous community located along the San Juan River in Colombia’s Pacific region—is surrounded by lush flora, fauna, and the smell of fresh air. The Wounaan women use the werregue palm trees for traditional basket weaving and the crabs hiding in the roots…
9/11, Nazis, Zionists, Trump…and the Second Coming of Christ
Ruperto Concha Last week had two fateful and mysterious dates for the United States: Wednesday 11, with the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and Friday 13, which is the gringo version of our “Tuesday 13”. Friday the 13th, of course, is pure folklore. But September 11, 2001, caused a serious, almost…
Protests Planned Across Colombia in Defense of Social Leaders
Zoe PC Some of the 800 Colombian social leaders who have been assassinated since 2016. Today July 26, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take the streets in over 100 cities across Colombia and in over 30 cities internationally in defense of the lives of social leaders and human rights defenders in Colombia….
Five Men Sentenced to Life for Operation Condor Killings Trained at School of the Americas
Brett Wilkins A group of “Mothers and relatives of disappeared detainees,” “Observatorio Luz Ibarburu” and of other Uruguayan human rights organizations participate in a video conference with members in Rome regarding the “Operation Condor” trail, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, July 8, 2019. Uruguay’s government says a court in Italy has sentenced 24 people to life…
The UN a League of Assassins: The Decline of Everything That Has Been
Ricardo Arturo Salgado Bonilla For many weeks, Honduras has been in a convulsive situation. Several dead and wounded at the hands of the repressive forces of the state, political prisoners, militarization of the country, military entry to the campus of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, shooting students. In addition, days of brutal repression against…
Assassination and Intimidation of Social Leaders Continues Unabated in Colombia
Zoe PC Last week, Colombians woke up to yet another tragedy. On the morning of June 21, María del Pilar Hurtado, a 34-year-old mother of four minors, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Tierralta, in the department of Córdoba. Shortly after, a video circulated on social media showing her 9-year-old son, who witnessed…
Brazil: Political Mafia Suspected in Marielle Franco Murder
Only two people have been arrested in the March, 2018 assassination of Marielle Franco, the Black activist and city councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Everyone believes this was carried out by militias” which “operate in Rio very much like classic mafias,” said Stephanie Reist, a Rio-based writer and researcher. “Many militia members are current…
