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Colombia: Historic Global Ministerial Conference to end violence against children

By: Alicia Muñoz Bohorquez Bogotá, Colombia   A historic meeting took place this month in Bogota: the First Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence against Children. The event was attended by more than 100 member countries of the World Health…

“A true and lasting integration of our region must be a matter for the people and not just an initiative of governments”: Vice-President and Minister for Equality and Justice, Francia Márquez Mina

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Day of Integration of the Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil), the Vice-President and Minister of Equality and Equity, Francia Márquez Mina, insisted on the need to…

Colombian Campaign Against Landmines provides training to indigenous community

The Colombian Campaign Against Mines (CCCM), carries out Humanitarian Demining through activities that lead to the elimination of threats by Explosive Artifacts (EA) in the municipalities of Mutatá, Dabeiba, Murindó and Turbo, located in the west of the country, in…

CEHA’s virtual presentation on Zulu Culture: “A look from the stars”.

Zulu culture: “A look from the stars”. The Centre for Humanist Studies of the Americas (CEHA), with headquarters in Mendoza and activities in Colombia, Panama, Canary Islands, Dominican Republic and Dubai, among other regions, will hold its third Conference on…

Colombia: Rejection of the use of anti-personnel mines in the department of Nariño

The Colombian Campaign against Mines denounced that during the past weekend, 7 victims of antipersonnel mines were registered in the department of Nariño, in the south of Colombia. “The use of anti-personnel mines is an attack against the communities of…

A cartographic journey through memory

Based on the work collected in the cartography “Bogotá, city of memory”, the exhibition “I resist, therefore I am” offers an overview of the struggles and resistance of the last eighty years of Colombia’s history. Published: El Mundo Obrero The…

Walls Speak // Walls as Canvases for Artistic Creation

With the documentary Las paredes hablan, Carlos Saura brings to the screen the art of the walls to show us a different way of looking at the relationship between the prehistoric graffiti discovered in many caves and the graffiti that…

The nonsense of the new year

I’ve started the year 2023 listening a lot, reading almost as much and writing a little less. But publishing nothing. Because the outlook was not right for it. So much to talk about, so much to listen to, so much…

Book launch: Defending the territory

On Tuesday 13 December, the third title in the Defender collection was launched, Defender el territorio, published by the organisation Somos Defensores and the project Hacemos Memoria of the University of Antioquia. The text presents eight stories written by journalists…

United Nations Assembly: Petro proposes a new economic, social and environmental model: Less cocaine and deforestation. More peace, biodiversity and prosperity

The Colombian president delivered his speech to the other UN representatives, to whom he asked to be part of the solution to the problems that affect most countries. Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, attended the General Assembly of the United…

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