Links
Human
Rights
Colombia
Support Network -- Information about all aspects of the Colombian
conflict.
Colombia
Solidarity Campaign -- A UK-based organization that campaigns
for a socially just and sustainable peace in Colombia and opposes
foreign military intervention. Visit the Colombia Solidarity Blog
Justice
for Colombia -- Justice for Colombia (JFC) is a British NGO
that campaigns for human rights, workers' rights and the search
for peace with social justice in Colombia.
Colombia
Human Rights Network (English/Spanish) -- Focuses on human
rights in Colombia.
U.S.
Office on Colombia (USOC) -- USOC seeks to promote peace,
democracy, and human rights and international humanitarian law
in Colombia by providing detailed, informed analysis to assist
in the development of alternative policy solutions.
The
Colombia Observatory -- Chicagoans for a Peaceful Colombia
informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, democracy,
economic justice in Colombia.
Equipo
Nizkor (English/Spanish) -- Spanish human rights organization
with a focus on Colombia.
CODHES (Spanish)
-- Colombian human rights organization that focuses on the displaced.
Permanent Committee
for the Defense of Human Rights (Multilingual) -- Colombian
human rights organization.
Paz
Colombia (Spanish) -- A coalition of Colombian NGO's proposing
an alternative Plan Colombia to achieve peace, democracy and to
seek a solution to drug trafficking.
UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights (Spanish) -- UNHCHR's Colombia
Field Office.
ONIC--The
National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (Spanish) --
An indigenous organization that focuses on the rights of indigenous
communities in Colombia.
School
of the Americas Watch -- SOAW are working to close the U.S.
Army's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation,
formerly known as the School of the Americas.
Human
Rights Watch -- International human rights organization's
Colombia page.
Amnesty
International -- International human rights organization's
Colombia page.
Armed
Participants
FARC-EP (Multilingual)
-- Website of the largest guerrilla organization in Colombia.
Voces
de la Nueva Colombia --ELN (Spanish) -- Website of the second
largest guerrilla organization in Colombia.
Colombia
Libre--AUC (Spanish) -- Website of the largest paramilitary
organization in Colombia.
Colombian
Army (Spanish) -- Website of the Colombian Army.
Colombian
Ministry of Defense (Spanish) -- Website of the Colombian
Armed Forces.
Colombian
Presidency (Spanish) -- Website of the President of Colombia.
U.S.
Embassy in Colombia (English/Spanish) -- Official website
of the the U.S. Embassy in Bogota.
U.S. Southern
Command -- SOUTHCOM is responsible for U.S. Army operations
in Latin America.
U.S. State Department
-- U.S. government department responsible for U.S. foreign policy.
War
on Drugs
The
Narco News Bulletin -- Online journal reporting on all aspects
of the drug war.
Foreign
Policy in Focus -- FPIF's Colombia in Focus page analyzes
the drug war and U.S. involvement in Colombia.
U.S.
Drug Enforcement Agency -- The DEA is the U.S. government
agency primarily responsible for fighting the drug war.
Office
of National Drug Control Policy -- ONDCP is the White House
office of drug policy.
UN
Office on Drugs and Crime -- UNODC is the United Nations'
department for drugs and organized crime analysis.
Mama
Coca (Multilingual) -- Online academic journal on the complexity
of conflict and drugs in the Americas.
Drug
Policy Alliance -- U.S.-based organization working to end
the war on drugs and promote new drug policies based on common
sense, science, public health and human rights.
Stop
the Drug War -- A publication of DRCNet, Stop the Drug War
calls for an end to drug prohibition and its replacement with
some sensible framework in which drugs can be regulated and controlled
instead.
News
and Analysis
CIP's
Colombia Program -- Excellent source for news and information
about the Colombian conflict published by the Center for International
Policy. Visit CIP's Colombia Blog
Agencia Prensa
Rural (Multilingual) -- News and information from Colombian
campesino communities in resistance.
ZNet
Colombia Crisis Page -- Lots of information and analysis about
the Colombian conflict.
ANNCOL (Spanish)
-- The News Agency New Colombia provides alternative news about
the conflict in Colombia.
Latin
America Working Group: Colombia -- A project of the Latin
America Working Group that provides comprehensive analysis about
Colombia and U.S. policy.
Colombia
Report (English/Spanish) -- The Asociación Para La
Soberania Colombiana publishes articles about Colombian sovereignty
in areas such as democracy, economics and human rights.
The
National Security Archive -- The Archive is an independent
non-governmental research institute that collects and publishes
declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA).
Colombia
Times -- Links to news articles about Colombia.
Conflict
Pics -- Contains photo essays about the conflict in Colombia
by photographer Jason P. Howe.
RISAL
(French) -- A French non-governmental organization that provides
information on Colombia.
Swiss
Working Group on Colombia (German) -- Provides information
on Colombia in German.
Ken
Masuoka's Colombia Page (Japanese) -- Provides information
and analysis on political, social and economic issues in Colombia
Colombia
Media
El
Tiempo (Spanish) -- Bogotá daily newspaper.
El
Espectador (Spanish) -- Bogotá weekly newspaper.
El
Colombiano (Spanish) -- Medellín daily newspaper.
El
Pais (Spanish) -- Cali daily newspaper.
Centro
de Medios Independientes de Colombia (Spanish) -- Colombia's
IndyMedia group.
Desde
Abajo (Spanish) -- Independent monthly news magazine.
Semana
(Spanish) -- Colombian weekly newsmagazine.
Cambio
(Spanish) -- Colombian weekly newsmagazine.
Radio
Caracol -- Colombian news radio online.
General
Information on Latin America
NACLA
- Report on the Americas -- In-depth analysis of Latin American
issues.
Center
for International Policy -- Organization promoting U.S. foreign
policy based on peace, demilitarization and human rights.
Agencia
Bolivariana de Prensa (Spanish) -- A progressive news agency
that reports on Colombia and Latin America.
Global
Exchange -- An organization that provides information about
Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Brazil. It also offers reality tours
to several countries.
WOLA - Washington
Office on Latin America -- WOLA focuses on human rights, democracy,
social and economic justice.
Latin
America Working Group -- Organization working for U.S. policies
that promote peace, justice and sustainable development in the
region.
Witness
For Peace -- An independent grassroots organization working
for human rights, peace and justice in the Americas.
War
on Want -- An activist organization combating poverty and
injustice.
World
War 4 Report -- An online journal that monitors the global
War on Terrorism and its implications for human rights, democracy
and ecology.
LANIC
- Latin American Network Information Center -- Lots of information
about Latin America in general.
ISLA - Information
Services Latin America -- General information and news about
Latin America.
Monkey
Travel -- Provides general information and travel tales from
Latin America and other parts of the world.
Ecoturismo
Latino (Spanish/English) -- Provides information about ecotourism
in Latin America.
Weekly
News Update on the Americas -- Weekly reports on current events
in Latin America.