Mar 2212 minThe Ongoing War on those Reclaiming their Land and Leading Crop Substitution Programs in CórdobaLand claimant Emiro Sanchez and rural leader Neider Alzate were both murdered in Córdoba within a couple of weeks of one another in 2023....
Jun 14, 202310 minCórdoba's crop substitution leaders continue to be murdered having banked on change.Rural leader Jorge Luis Jaraba Plata was the 62nd social leader murdered in the department of Córdoba since the 2016 peace agreement was...
Apr 28, 20238 minCórdoba and the war on those wishing to move away from illicit crops.Ofenix de Jesús Concha and Luis Alberto Ramos Bertel were representatives of rural communities that have traditionally been reliant on...
Nov 8, 20216 minKarina Cuesta Ortega was brutally murdered. Her life was then stigmatized.Karina Paola Cuesta Ortega was brutally murdered in March 2021. The brutally dismembered body of young worker, social activist, and...
May 25, 202111 minRural Leaders: Colombia’s Hidden Heroes.Murdered rural leaders Edilberto Cantillo, Manuel Osuna & Gloria Ocampo. According to the United Nations, a social leader can be any...
May 18, 202110 minCrop substitution programs were central to the 2016 peace deal: Signees have been left in the lurch.Attempts to deal with illicit crops affect many stakeholders; illegal groups respond to this possibility with violence against social...
Nov 25, 20206 minArcangel Pantoja & Omar Agudelo: two more lives extinguished by the violence in Córdoba.Arcangel Pantoja & Omar Agudelo represented rural communities in Puerto Libertador, Córdoba Violence in Colombia has not stopped for a...
Oct 25, 20195 minManuel Osuna: The campesino whose gruesome murder highlights the impunity which reigns in Colombia.Manuel Osuna, the rural leader who was brutally murdered by neo-paramilitary structures for his commitment to crop substitution programs...
Oct 24, 20197 minManuel Gregorio: A brief history of a tragedy in the south of CórdobaManuel Gregorio Imagine yourself in a pretty beautiful landscape; with vegetation, hills, and fresh air, but without any source of income...