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Sunday, October 17, 2010 - 08:17
Photos from Colombia Vive's series of events featuring human rights lawyer Pillar Castillo and Flor Hilda Hernandez. Hernandez' oldest son, Elkin Gustavo, is one of the most well-known victims of the Colombian Army's "body count scandal."
In 2008, Elkin Gustavo and 18 other young men left the Bogotá suburb of Soacha for what they thought was a fortunate job opportunity in the northeast of the...
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 22:37
Colombia Vive volunteers traveled from Boston to Washington, DC to participate in the July 11 rally against the Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:03
Colombia Vive expressed opposition to the passage of the abominable FTAs.
Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 14:17
From October 9–16, 2010, Colombia Vive presents a series of talks in the Boston area by two courageous Colombian women.
A single mother, Flor Hilda Hernandez lost her oldest son, Elkin Gustavo, in 2008 when he and 16 others from his neighborhood of Bogotá joined a countless number of falsos positivos, innocent young men kidnapped and murdered by Colombian soldiers motivated by government promises...
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 08:27
Harvard has invited Uribe to be the key-note speaker of an event in which he will speak about the wonders of his achievements.
Here is Colombia Vive's response upon learning about such one-sidedness and misrepresentation; the thread follows with the ensuing responses.
March 21, 2011
Dear Dean Nohria,
Colombia Vive is an all-volunteer non-profit organization working in Boston to create awareness...
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 18:46
1) Just as the North American Free Trade Agreement in Mexico, the Central American Free Trade Agreement in Central America, and the Caribbean Basin Partnership Act in Haiti, the proposed Free Trade Agreement with Colombia will severely damage the agricultural sector in that country. If enacted, the agreement will further cripple the ability of small farmers in Colombia to compete with heavily...
Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 15:50
Much of the discussion of the proposed US-Colombia US Free Trade Agreement has centered on the murder of unionists and the loss of jobs in the United States due to outsourcing, both very important considerations. As is well known, Colombia is the most dangerous place in the world to engage in union activities and the murder of union leaders and activists goes almost entirely unpunished. The...
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 12:45
Amig@s/Friends,
Thank you for your support. Colombia Vive volunteers went down to D.C. at the beginning of the week for the rally to oppose the FTAs.
There were symbolic acts: a procession with mock coffins (in remembrance of the 51 slain union leaders), which were placed in front of the White House, there were chants to say "No to the FTA", singing and rhythm in support of the victims and...
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 13:59
Amig@s/Friends,
Siempre agradecemos sus esfuerzos y su apoyo. Les informamos que varios voluntarios de Colombia Vive hicimos el viaje a la capital a principios de la semana para unirnos a la manifestación que organizaron en D.C para oponernos a los TLC.
Hubo una acción simbólica de una procesión de ataúdes (representaban los 51 sindicalistas asesinados este año) que se llevaron al pie de la...