Waiting at the traffic lights on route to the park to enjoy a rest day after an intense week involved in the organisation of an event about Climate Justice here in Bogota, the captial of Colombia, an old man approached us. He was dressed as smartly as he could, dark suit, a tie and a felt hat, but he didnt look like your average suited man. Old, weather face by the sun that makes guessing ages very difficult, a calmness, resignation about him. He held a carefully handwritten sign in his hand, "please help my family, we are displaced from Bolivar( a region where there is huge amounts of palm planted) god bless you." read full story / add a comment

Reading about the upcoming event at The Cube: The Enemy Without - Coal, Class and Climate (http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/article/690349) two Bristolians reflect on a recent visit to one of the largest coal mines in the world - Cerrejón, Colombia. read full story / add a comment

6th March 2009 – Colombia:
“United to Recover our Memory for a Colombia that Does Not Forget."

Today, 200 families of victims of extrajudicial killings carried out by the Colombian armed forces, protested demanding "truth, justice, reparation and measures to ensure it does not continue read full story / add a comment

This Saturday I am going to be at the 10th Anniversary commemoration for the cluster bomb bombardment that killed 18 people, including 7 children in the town of Santa Domingo, Arauca.

This Thursday people in Bristol are organising another protest against Raytheon.

Can we link this up?

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I have walked for two days. Thousands of indigenous have been walking since Octboer 11th 2008. They are in ‘Minga’ and over the past 6 weeks more social organisations have joined in. The indigenous started from their ancestoral territories. I started from Soacha, a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Bogota where I glimpse the realities built by thousands of refugees who have struggled to arrive here with nothing but their lives.
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