Afro-Colombians Defend Collective Land Rights

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford

17 Oct 2017

🖨️ Print Article

The Colombian government “has no intention” of making sure that Black and indigenous people’s right to collective land ownership will be protected under the peace agreement with FARC rebels, said Charo Mina-Rojas, of Black Community Process. The government has failed to provide security to Afro-Colombian and indigenous people, even as criminals and paramilitary groups have moved into Black areas, replacing demobilized guerillas.

#Afro-Colombian Land Rights

More Stories

Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Brazil’s Haitian Training Ground
05 Oct 2022
Brazil is setting up for a run-off election between right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and “leftist” former President Lula da Silva.
Dr. Gerald Horne
For African Americans, Employing a Radical Internationalist Perspective is not a Luxury, But a Necessity
05 Oct 2022
Black people in this country must reconnect with the internationalist tradition in order to understand the crises taking place around the world and in the U.S. Domestic and international…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Daive Dunkley’s Book, “Women and Resistance in the Early Rastafari Movement”
05 Oct 2022
This week’s featured author is Daive Dunkley. Dunkley is Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies and Adjunct Professor in the Department of History at the University of Missouri. His…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ian pimp slaps Governor Woke Smoke— and The People pay
05 Oct 2022
Socialist Movement of the Workers of the Dominican Republic
Neo-Nazis in the Dominican Republic Work with the Government to Prevent Solidarity with Haitian People
05 Oct 2022
Any act of solidarity with the Haitian people in the Dominican Republic is blocked by the national police force and Neo-Nazi groups.

Related Podcasts

More Stories