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  A year and a half after Colombian riot police forced 123 subsistence farmer families off their land in Las Pavas to make way for

In another example of their work of “overcoming fear,” members of CAHUCOPANA (Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast of Antioquia) organized an International Workers’

  CPT has accompanied and reported on the situation of 123 families displaced from Las Pavas since 2009.  Last April, we celebrated what has been

  by Gladys Gómez and Kryss Chupp CAHUCOPANA member Angela Castellanos will speak at CPT’s 25th anniversary Peacemaker Congress October 13-16 in Chicago.  See www.cpt.org/congress/registration

  by Duane Ediger“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice

  As we go to press, the 123 families forced off their land in Las Pavas (Southern Bolívar) in July 2009 are returning home.  The

  In mid-August, Colombia hosted the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) U-20 World Cup.  International mass media portrayed Colombia as a nation at peace

by Pierre Shantz On 7 August 2010, Juan Manuel Santos replaced Alvaro Uribe as president of Colombia.  His first few months in office have caused

by Chris Knestrick  “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they

by Susan Miller CPT’s 25th anniversary Peacemaker Congress launched us into the next quarter century with renewed vision for the challenges ahead.  Video recordings of