Etny Torres canta a capela el mensaje de los desplazados y del desafío. Si desea ayudar con traducir las letras al inglés para subtitular, favor contactarnos.

Etny Torres sings a capella the message of the displaced and of defiance (in Spanish; please contact us if you would like to volunteer to translate for subtitles)

Llegó la Hora

Colombia Vive 2012 Fall Speaking Tour

Displacement & Defiance: A Small Colombian Farming Community’s Fight for Control of Its Land and Future

Featured Guest Speakers:

Land Rights Activist Etny Torres Moreno and Human Rights Attorney Jorge Eliécer Reales Maza
For decades, the few hundred residents of Las Pavas, a sustainable farming community in southern Bolivar, a department (province) in northern Colombia, have been forced to leave their land periodically to escape paramilitary violence. But the community members have always returned.

In conjunction with Witness for Peace, Colombia Vive held an event to promote awareness to the issue of displaced people in Colombia by making paper houses. The National goal was 5,000 houses to represent the 5 million internally displaced Colombians. We were able to contribute with 50 houses!

A student leader

Sergio Fernandez, a lead spokesperson for Mesa Amplia Nacional Estudiantil—MANE, or the “Comprehensive National Student Board”—will tour the United States in March to inform diverse audiences—especially college and university students—about the organization and its recent successful nonviolent campaign to preserve public higher education in Colombia.

March 13, 2012

Colombia Vive stands in solidarity with the thousands of people who marched in the streets of dozens of cities in Colombia and around the world on March 6, 2012, to mark the annual “International Day of the Victims of State Crimes in Colombia.” Coordinated by Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE), or the Movement of Victims of State-Sponsored Crimes, the demonstrations highlighted the severe limitations and challenges posed by the current Colombian administration’s land restitution policies.

Colombia Vive expressed opposition to the passage of the abominable FTAs.

Colombia Vive participated in the Honk parade. This is our intro video.

Check out some pictures here.

Colombia Vive hizo parte del desfile de Honk. Este video es nuestra introducción.

Puede ver algunas fotos aquí.