Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Sunday promised extra measures to curb the mass killing of social leaders that have escalated further after his election in June. Since 2016, the year…
Despite the conviction of a senior intelligence official for ordering the murder of legendary comedian Jaime Garzon, questions in Colombia remain. All while massacres were occurring on a near daily…
A former top official of Colombia’s now-defunct state intelligence agency ordered the killing one of Colombia’s most beloved comedians, a court ruled Tuesday. Just one day after the 19th anniversary…
Right-wing extremist group the Aguilas Negras are threatening to kill anyone who opposes Colombia’s new president, Ivan Duque. In the latest death threat and manifesto by the group’s “Southwestern Bloc,”…
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque is reconsidering the nomination of a hard-right ally to run the agency in charge of protecting threatened social and opposition leaders. The conservative new president proposed…
Death threats against journalists in Colombia have spiked so far this year, according to the press freedom foundation. Newspaper El Espectador reported Monday that the Prosecutor General’s Office promised to…
Far-right group Aguilas Negras has vowed to “exterminate” all Colombia’s human rights defenders and social leaders, calling them “guerrillas in disguise.” In a death threat sent to dozens of organizations…
Under national and international pressure, Colombia’s outgoing president Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday announced increased efforts to curb the killing of social leaders. Santos announced his response to the latest…
Amnesty International (AI) bashed Colombia’s authorities on Monday over their “silent complicity” in the increased violence against social leaders and human rights defenders. The international human rights group is the…