Fabian Laverde loves the countryside and, like any good farmer, he can walk for hours up and down hills to get to the community that needs his help. He understands all too well what the peasantry’s historic exclusion signifies and the “guerrilla” stigma that falls on those who live in distant regions abandoned by the State, because he has lived this story. “I am a classic young person… who is now over 40,1” he mentions in passing with a mischievous smile. His story as a human rights defender began in 1993 when he was still in high school, during a strike led by peasants who were drowning under predatory loans. They took to the streets to achieve better conditions and prices for their coffee. Continue reading “We are right when we make denouncements,” Fabian Laverde
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2015: Violence and protection of environment in Casanare
2015 was a very hard year for the Social Corporation for Community Advisory and Training Services (COSPACC), as one of its leaders, environmental defender Ramon Abril Fuentes, was murdered. Continue reading 2015: Violence and protection of environment in Casanare
Between hope and disappointment: a summary of 2018
Two years since the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla, the long process has begun towards the agreement’s implementation. Continue reading Between hope and disappointment: a summary of 2018
The reality of small victories against injustice: Martin Ayala
Martín Ayala is a person who emanates a contagious tranquillity and a powerful collective spirit. The defender is part of the Board of Directors of the Social Corporation for Community Advice and Training (Corporación Social para la Asesoría y Capacitación Comunitaria – COS-PACC). Continue reading The reality of small victories against injustice: Martin Ayala
“We have to keep our wits about us and defend health, education and life”: Ninfa Cruz
Ninfa Cruz has been a human rights defender and social leader in Colombia for sixteen (16) years and today she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Social Corporation for Community Advice and Training (Corporación Social para la Asesoría y Capacitación Comunitaria – COS-PACC). Continue reading “We have to keep our wits about us and defend health, education and life”: Ninfa Cruz