COLOMBIA LINKS
( please send suggested additions/updates to: kate@earthlovers.org)

Colombia Journal
one of the best web resources on Colombia
http://www.colombiajournal.org

ZNet Colombia Watch
recent writings on Colombia
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Colombia/colombiatop.cfm

Colombia Update
"Independent voices on Colombia"
http://www.ColombiaUpdate.com

Colombia Support Network
Peace and Justice for Colombia
http://www.colombiasupport.net

Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org
Colombia Campaign http://www.globalexchange.org/colombia

North Shore Colombia Solidarity Committee
formed in response to news that portion of coal for Salem, MA power plant comes from mine in Colombia where human rights violations are committed against the people of the villages surrounding the mine
http://home.comcast.net/~nscolombia

North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
bimonthly magazine, NACLA Report on the Americas
(available at Food for Thought Books in downtown Amherst)
http://www.nacla.org

Fellowship of Reconciliation Colombia Updates & Alerts
http://www.forusa.org/programs/colombia/default.html

School of the Americas Watch
The US Army School of the Americas (SOA), based in Fort Benning, GA trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. The majority of graduates, over 10,000, have been Colombian. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America.
http://www.soaw.org  list of graduates available at: http://www.soaw.org/soag.html

Center for International Policy
http://www.ciponline.org
Colombia Project  http://ciponline.org/colombia

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia Human Rights Network
Red de Derechos Humanos en Colombia
http://www.igc.org/colhrnet

Derechos: Human Rights in Colombia
http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/colombia/eng.html

Human Rights Watch Colombia page
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=americas&c=colomb

 

Washington Office on Latin America
Promoting Human Rights, Democracy and Social and Economic Justice in Latin America
http://www.wola.org
publications on Colombia http://www.wola.org/publications/publications.htm#Colombia

New Colombia News Agency
an association of Latin American and European journalists
http://www.anncol.org/side/2

Latin American Working Group (LAWG)
Coalition of over sixty religious, human rights, policy, grassroots and development organizations striving for U.S. policies that promote peace, justice and sustainable development in Latin America..
http://www.lawg.org

US Labor Education in the Americas Project (US/LEAP)
works to support the basic rights of workers in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, especially those employed directly or indirectly by U.S. companies.
http://www.usleap.org/Colombia/ColombiaHome.html

U.S. Dept. of State
U.S. support for Colombian Initiative: Plan Colombia
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/ar/colombia

U.S Southern Command
SOUTHCOM is responsible for U.S. Army operations in Latin America.
http://www.southcom.mil/home

Ecopetrol
Colombian petroleum company
http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/Ingles