CPT International

by Noah Dillard The sound of helicopters flying overhead still causes my spine to tense. When I lived in Gaza Strip, Palestine, my friends associated

by Eloy García CPTers in Colombia prayed and sang out against further U.S. militarization of Colombia at a public vigil on 11 August outside a

by Joel Klassen and Doug Pritchard On April 26 in the town of Santa Rosa, eight members of the Nueva Granada Battalion of the Colombian

In the early morning of 14 July, members of the Colombian National Police and the Mobile Riot Police Squad surrounded the subsistence farming community of

by Chris Knestrick, Kim Lamberty and Sandra Rincon After marching for over a month, 10,000 representatives of Colombia’s indigenous peoples from 102 towns arrived in

by Sarah MacDonald November 27 was U.S. Thanksgiving, a day I usually associate with festive meals and family gatherings.  Here in Barrancabermeja, however, our day

by Stewart Vriesinga Imagine being told that the home you built, or were born in, or lived in all your life is no longer legally

by Nathan Buchanan Buchanan participated in CPT’s September 26 – October 9, 2007 delegation to Colombia. In recent weeks, canvas-covered work trucks have frequented the

by Pierre Shantz Since Martin Luther initiated a reformation in the 16th century, Catholics and Protestants have argued and fought, sometimes to the death, about

by Robin Buyers In addition to maintaining a presence with communities along the Opón River in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio region, CPTers have traveled to other