Community leaders face threats from paramilitary groups after blockading highways to protect the Yariguíes mountain range from environmental disaster
As a child, one of my biggest questions was where the water from the stream that passed through my neighborhood went. I would ask my
This year a record number of social leaders have been killed and CPT partner communities and organizations continue to experience intense violence
The alarming violence women face in Colombia has provoked lawmakers to propose a gender emergency to bring about decisive laws and actions that stop gender-based violence.
Changing a system so deeply entrenched in racist, colonial, and capitalist policies will not be easy. Does the election of Colombia’s new President, Gustavo Petro and Vice-President, Francia Marquez, signal hope?
Supporting grassroots initiatives and community organizing in the rural sectors of Colombia is the path to total peace.
Pray for the communities of Northeast Antioquia after armed groups murdered a social leader and kidnapped two others in response to their community organizing.
CPT Colombia calls on state actors to guarantee human rights for the communities of Northeast Antioquia and the members of CAHUCOPANA.
We thank God that election day took place in relative calm and we pray that over the next three weeks the campaign and voting process will take place in peace.
Reflection from Community Peacemaker Teams – CPT Colombia
for International Conscientious Objectors’ Day