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Your Colombia To-Do List

by Lisa Haugaard and Vanessa Kritzer on February 16, 2011

Major changes in the U.S. Congress. A new government in Colombia that’s more open to dialogue, but threats against human rights defenders and community leaders still on the rise. Pressure building to move forward with a harmful U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

With everything that’s going on right now, we can tell that we’ll need a lot of help from you to promote peace and justice in U.S. policy towards Colombia this year. So while you’re filling in your calendar for the next six months, we wanted to make sure you get these Colombia to-dos on the list:

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Colombian Vice President Garzón Comes to Town

by Lisa Haugaard on February 01, 2011

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Let’s Hear it for Optimism, Peace in Colombia

by Virginia Bouvier on December 15, 2010

In this winter moment when we begin to think of “peace and good will to all,” we thought you might like to see this report by our colleague Virginia Bouvier of the US Institute for Peace. Her insights offer a bit of cautious hope for the prospects for peacemaking in Colombia.

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Breaking the Silence: In Search of Colombia’s Disappeared

by Lisa Haugaard on December 09, 2010

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Host an Exhibit from Colombia's Silenced

by LAWG Colombia Team on November 17, 2010

How do you unearth the many narratives of violence, repression, and displacement of families and communities that have never made it into Colombia’s official history? How do people who have experienced so much destruction and death even find the strength to tell these stories, relive this pain? And how do you make sure that these people, if they do speak out, are heard?

Click here to find out how you can amplify the voices of Colombia’s silenced.

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