When the El Cercado dam opened in November 2010, its Colombian project managers trumpeted it as an engineering triumph built entirely with national know-how. , Moreover, the project was touted as a way to help combat the effects of recurrent droughts in La Guajira, a north-eastern region. , But for...

by Kathy Price, Amnesty International Canada’s campaigner on Latin America , Even if you didn’t listen to the words, the video images spoke volumes at the hearing on Colombia on March 14, 2013, at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington.  , Maria Patricia Tobón...

, By Duncan Garrow, Amnesty International Toronto (AITO) Board member, member of AI Toronto Speakers Bureau, member Church of the Redeemer Action Circle. , By any account the evening had already been a great success. Upwards of 100 people braved the elements on a chilly Friday night to fill all of...

by Kathy Price, Campaigner for the Americas, Amnesty International Canada , , A message that can’t be ignored , Today we brought the faces and voices of concerned Canadians to Parliament Hill, along with an urgent message: Canada’s free trade deal with Colombia creates special...

By Kathy Price,  Colombia campaigner with Amnesty International Canada , It was great news, the kind of news that underscores how incredibly important our activism is. , I opened my computer to find an upbeat message from Colombian Indigenous leader Flaminio Onogama, a human rights defender I had...