Colombia

U.S. extradition plot targets peace in Colombia

December 1, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Peace agreement in grave danger of collapsing.

Organizaciones sociales de Colombia marchan en apoyo a Sintracarbón

October 23, 2020 By IndustriALL

Organizaciones indígenas, afro descendientes, cívicas, sociales y sindicales de Colombia marcharon en defensa de los trabajadores de Sintracarbón, quienes desarrollan una huelga en Cerrejón hace 46 días.

Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with COVID-19 to create ‘syndemic’

October 14, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

For the world's poorest billion people today, non-communicable diseases account for more than one-third of their disease burden. COVID-19 is another layer added to it.

Colombia-U.S. Axis: Hitting at Venezuela

September 25, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Masses of working people in Venezuela are mobilized and anti-imperialist. They are why their government survives. It would survive easier with a kindred movement in Colombia. A U.S. version would be icing on the cake.

U.S. must return political prisoner Simón Trinidad to Colombia

June 24, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Simón Trinidad, a leader of the FARC, faced unfounded criminal charges in a U.S. court. He’s being held under the cruelest of conditions and will die in prison unless he is released.