By Stansfield Smith During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. Soft coups, a new strategy, are a significant change from the brutal 1970s military hard coups in … Read More
By Orlando Oramas Leon The Historic Pact, which gathers a good part of the Colombian left wing, emerged Sunday as the most voted political force in the legislative elections in the South American country, where Uribismo was relegated to fifth place as a result of the social dissatisfaction with its government policies. The challenge at … Read More
By Alice Loaiza, Vice President of TFA, and activist in Colombia for over two decades When people ask me if it is safe to visit Colombia, I always answer that it is fine if you don’t speak Spanish and stay on the well-guarded tourist trail. But you will never see the reality of one of … Read More
U.S. Police Model and Colombia’s ESMAD (Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron) by Maya Hernández, National Coordinator for Alliance for Global Justice “A cop is a cop,” said James Baldwin in 1971. Undoubtedly, Baldwin was pointing to the way that U.S. law enforcement operates as a fraternized collective, wherein individual officers are not so much the problem as … Read More