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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.


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