Tag: colombia

Long Read: How a Tiny Colombian Village Beat the World’s Third Largest Gold Mining Company
Activists in Cajamarca struck a blow against the power of fossil fuel capital - and they're not done yet.
Prison, Bogotá. Pablo Romero / Flickr / CC. Prison, Bogotá. Pablo Romero / Flickr / CC.
Long Read: Inside Patio Six
Our reporter talks to guerrilla fighters imprisoned  Patio Six, a high-security unit in the Good Pastor prison for women, Bogotá. They recount their experiences of life behind bars, and discuss their hopes for the Colombian peace process.
Long Read: Campesinos Against Climate Change: The Fight for Economic Justice in Colombia
In the second of our features on social justice movements in Colombia, Milo Phillips reports on how climate change and neoliberal economic reforms have endangered the livelihoods of farmers - and how they are fighting back.
Long Read: On the Frontlines of Neoliberalism: Resource Extraction and Popular Resistance in Colombia
Colombia's programme of neoliberal reforms is wreaking social and environmental havoc, channeling the profits from the country's natural resources into the coffers of private companies. A diverse coalition of residents, activists and unionists is fighting back, in defiance of the state's violent attempts to silence them.