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Charo Mina Rojas
Francia Márquez Mina: the Triumph of a Pedagogy of the Oppressed in Progress
13 Apr 2022
Francia Márquez Mina: the Triumph of a Pedagogy of the Oppressed in Progress
Krys Cerisier
How Afro-Colombians are Fighting White Feminism
05 Apr 2022
The struggles of Black, Indigenous, and Queer women must be part of any conversations about feminism in Latin America. Afro-Colombians like vice presidential candidate Francia Marquez exemplify this…
Telesur
Colombian Vice-Presidential Candidate Gets Death Threat
30 Mar 2022
Colombian Vice Presidential candidate Francia Marquez is again threatened by right wing groups in that country. She demands that president Ivan Duque protect her and others leaders as well.
Jaime Alves
Soy Porque Somos (I Am Because We Are): a Black-women-led and Life-Based Project for a New Colombia
15 Mar 2022
This article was written before the March 13 primaries when Francia Marquez received more than 780,000 votes. She received more votes than any Black politician in Colombian history. Would her…
Lina Lucumi Mosquera and Lizeth Sinisterra Ossa
#SomosLosNadie
08 Mar 2022
Francia Marquez is a Black Colombian woman, an environmentalist, and presidential candidate. Her campaign represents "the nobodies, those who have not had a choice."
Benjamin Norton
US and Colombia Do Military Exercises with Nuclear Submarine Near Venezuela, After Sending Warship Through Taiwan Strait
08 Mar 2022
Events in Ukraine have not stopped the US drive for domination. Military exercises in the Caribbean and Taiwan show that the empire claims the whole world as a sphere of influence.
Herrinson Campara Campaz, Anthony Dest, Esther Ojulari
Buenaventura, Colombia Strikes Against Racial Capitalism
26 Jan 2022
Before Colombia’s national uprising exploded in April 2021, struggles for justice in a majority Black port city set in motion a historic new wave of social protest.
Dan Cohen
New Investigation Reveals Role of Israeli Operatives in Colombia’s “Political Genocide”
09 Jun 2021
Known as the “Red Dance,” the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union in Colombia was apparently concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history.
Laura Correa Ochoa, Maria Cardenas and Tianna S. Paschel
The Colombian State Is at War with Its People
02 Jun 2021
State violence is a daily occurrence in rural areas and particularly in Black and indigenous territories.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Massive Resistance to Austerity Regime in Colombia
11 May 2021
Broad sectors of Colombian society continue a national strike against the US-backed regime’s attempt to impose harsh austerity measures.