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
by Sandra Milena Rincón CPT’s first peacemaker training in Colombia began 5 June for two weeks and will conclude the first two weeks of December.
On March 25, 21-year-old Carlos Mejía and a 16-year-old companion were cutting lumber near the river outside the community of La Cooperativa (Cimitarra Valley, Magdalena
by Michele Braley On May 7, CPT received a call from a mining community leader in Micoahumado reporting that the Colombian Army had put up