US FOREIGN POLICY ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

TransAfrica Forum Special Report

AFRO-COLOMBIANS: AUTONOMOUS RIGHTS UNDERMINED: Systematic Repression and the U.S.– Colombia Free Trade Agreement

May 1, 2008

In February 2008, TransAfrica Forum’s staff joined a delegation on a week-long visit to Colombia sponsored by Witness for Peace, a U.S.-based NGO that brings U.S. citizens and organizations to conflict zones hoping to “support peace, justice, and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean.”                   Read More...

TransAfrica Forum Urges the Colombian Government to end Cross-Border Military Attacks and says no to free trade agreement

March 5, 2008                   

The government of Colombia launched a weekend raid into Ecuador that killed 20 people, including Luis Edgar Devia, a top commander in the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).          Read More...         

Press Statement: TransAfrica acknowledges the efforts to free Colombian hostages
January 10, 2008

TransAfrica Forum is encouraged by the safe release of two Colombian hostages and acknowledges the work of the Venezuelan government and Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba to ensure the peaceful humanitarian exchange in Colombia. After months of exhaustive negotiations, Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez were released Thursday to the Venezuelan government by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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