KIEV, UKRAINE (THE GRAYZONE) — Craig Lang, a US Army veteran accused by US authorities of carrying out murders on American soil as well as torture and other war crimes in Ukraine, allegedly joined a band of insurgents armed by the Colombian police to overthrow the Venezuelan government. An FBI affidavit against Lang states that he was in Colombia with an Army pal when the … [Read more...] about FBI: Ukraine Fighter and US Fugitive Craig Lang Armed by Colombia To Overthrow Venezuela Gov’t
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Colombia is Bleeding to Death
Alejandra Garcia Even though you wouldn’t know if you only followed the corporate media, in January violence continued to spiral in Colombia. Human rights movements recorded an increase of attacks against police stations, military bases, and civilians and reported assassinations and intimidation against social leaders in several departments. In February, the panorama has … [Read more...] about Colombia is Bleeding to Death
US Government Starts Expelling Venezuelans Migrants
The United States government has started to apply its new immigration policy, with which it will deport Venezuelan migrants to Colombia without allowing them to apply for asylum. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Venezuelans will be deported to Colombia. The US authorities also added that the deportation of migrants will be carried out on a … [Read more...] about US Government Starts Expelling Venezuelans Migrants
Colombia 2021:The Year in which State Terrorism Became Visible
By Renán Vega Cantor The State and the ruling classes of Colombia, which constitute the counterinsurgent power bloc, have made use of a series of fallacies to hide the terrorist nature of the State in this country, consolidated as such for decades. The first of these fallacies, repeated ad nauseam, is that Colombia is a democratic society with a social rule of law, which, … [Read more...] about Colombia 2021:The Year in which State Terrorism Became Visible
Colombia: Duque’s Neo-Nazi Security Law
By Horacio Duque The Colombian Congress, the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministry of Defense have issued a Law of supposed citizen security. In reality, it is a statute to establish a series of provisions and institutions that reshape the political regime to fully establish a neo-Nazi dictatorship to crush social movements and political organizations opposing the … [Read more...] about Colombia: Duque’s Neo-Nazi Security Law
Drug trafficking caused 169% increase in displacements in Colombia during 2021
The Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES), on December 22, warned of an alarming increase in massive and multiple forced displacement events in Colombia during 2021. The CODHES reported that between January and November, 2021, 82,846 people were forcibly displaced from their homes and territories, a figure that represents an increase of 169.3% as compared to … [Read more...] about Drug trafficking caused 169% increase in displacements in Colombia during 2021
FANB Has Seized Over 45 Tons of Drugs Trafficked into Venezuelan Territory from Colombia
On Tuesday, December 21, the head of the Strategic Operational Command of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), General in Chief Domingo Hernández Lárez informed that, to date, a total of 45,136,932 kg of drugs coming into Venezuela from Colombia have been seized. Through his Twitter account, Hernández Lárez stated that this feat was possible thanks to the … [Read more...] about FANB Has Seized Over 45 Tons of Drugs Trafficked into Venezuelan Territory from Colombia
Colombia registers the 91st massacre of 2021
The Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), on December 14, reported the perpetration of the 91st massacre in Colombia during 2021. The INDEPAZ reported that the unfortunate incident took place on December 13 in the Buga municipality in the Valle del Cauca department, in which three young men were killed by unknown armed individuals in the home of one of the … [Read more...] about Colombia registers the 91st massacre of 2021
Court Cases Show Colombian Government Role in Paramilitary Killings, US Implicated
By W. T. Whitney Struggle over agrarian rights in Colombia led to thousands of deaths after 1946. Then, 200,000 more were killed between 1948 and 1958. From then until 2018, class war involving leftist guerrillas, narco-traffickers, paramilitaries, big landholders, and Colombia’s Army took the lives of another 260,000 Colombians. The 2016 agreement ending 50 years of armed … [Read more...] about Court Cases Show Colombian Government Role in Paramilitary Killings, US Implicated
UK Prepared for Coup in Colombia by Training Military in Psychological Warfare
By John McEVOY Recently declassified British files reveal how the Foreign Office prepared for a possible military coup in Colombia by secretly training the country’s armed forces in psychological warfare. In 1970, Britain’s Cold War propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD), secretly provided two weeks of counter-insurgency instruction to high-ranking … [Read more...] about UK Prepared for Coup in Colombia by Training Military in Psychological Warfare
Colombia: A Threat to Latin America
In Colombia, state terrorism has deepened and is open. Social leaders, indigenous people, peasants, teachers, settlers are assassinated every day. The rich in Colombia hold on to power and maintain their model of accumulation by means of discriminatory violence against activists and their organizations. According to data from Global Witness, a Human Rights NGO based in … [Read more...] about Colombia: A Threat to Latin America
Killing of social leaders and human rights defenders continues unabated in Colombia
The systematic assassination of social leaders and human rights defenders in Colombia continues unceasingly at a horrifying rate. On average, everyday, at least one violent incident and more than one death is recorded in the South American country. On September 20, the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) reported that five social leaders were murdered in … [Read more...] about Killing of social leaders and human rights defenders continues unabated in Colombia
Colombia is Creating False Conflicts at its Border with Venezuela
The Colombian National Navy has tried to promote a border conflict between Colombia and Venezuela under the false premise that members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) had inspected a civilian vessel in Colombian territory, thus violating Colombia’s national sovereignty. A statement by the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs alleged that “two armed Venezuelan … [Read more...] about Colombia is Creating False Conflicts at its Border with Venezuela
Colombians resume protests against Duque’s far-right government
After over two months of national strike and nationwide mobilizations earlier this year, this Thursday, Colombians resumed their struggle against the far-right government of President Iván Duque and the glaring social inequalities in the country. On August 26, as a part of a new national strike, thousands of Colombians took to the streets in the main cities of the country in … [Read more...] about Colombians resume protests against Duque’s far-right government
Venezuela’s Gangs Have Been Turned into Armed Capitalist Enterprises
In July, security forces carried out a three-day anti-gang operation in the Cota 905 barrio of Caracas after an uptick in violence in the working-class district. The Gran Cacique Indio Guacaipuro Operation, which caught the headlines of the global media, involved 2500 security personnel and left 22 gang members dead and 28 wounded. Four policemen or women were killed and 10 … [Read more...] about Venezuela’s Gangs Have Been Turned into Armed Capitalist Enterprises
Duque’s Disturbing Actions in Regard to Moïse Assassination in Haiti
The following is a translation of the daily report of Samuel Robinson Institute for August 23, 2021. The behavior of Iván Duque’s Uribista government can be described as “disturbing,” in light of the revelations that have surfaced during the judicial proceedings against the Colombian mercenaries who took part in Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in Haiti. Recently, the … [Read more...] about Duque’s Disturbing Actions in Regard to Moïse Assassination in Haiti
US & Colombia: Assassination, Cover-Up and “Humanitarian” Marines in Haiti
Moïse’s assassination highlighted the complex situation within the Colombian Army, which has become the largest exporter of mercenaries for private military security companies associated with current political actors. It resembles a bad detective novel, where a commando of mercenaries carries out an assassination and where the governments that send and finance the assassins … [Read more...] about US & Colombia: Assassination, Cover-Up and “Humanitarian” Marines in Haiti
Former Paramilitary Criminals Reveal Colombian Army Provided Hit List of College Students
During a conference titled “The Armed Conflict at the University of Nariño,” organized by the Truth Commission in Colombia, ex-commanders Guillermo León Marín and Aníbal Gómez of the defunct Antonio Nariño Peasant Brigades Front of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), attached to the Libertadores del Sur Bloc, asked for forgiveness due to the great variety of … [Read more...] about Former Paramilitary Criminals Reveal Colombian Army Provided Hit List of College Students
Heroes or Murderers? Colombian Government Defends Its Mercenaries
The government of Iván Duque this week spoke up in defense of the Colombian mercenaries who assassinated Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse at his official residence in Port-au-Prince on July 7. PSUV deputy Diosdado Cabello, during his television program Con el Mazo Dando, referred to statements issued by Colombian officials who, before multilateral organizations, decided to … [Read more...] about Heroes or Murderers? Colombian Government Defends Its Mercenaries
Bolsonaro and the CIA Conspire Against “New Pink Tide” in South America
As reported yesterday, the CIA Director William J. Burns travelled to Brazil to meet Bolsonaro government ministers. The reason for the meetings had been kept secret, but Jair Bolsonaro during his daily social media broadcast to his supporters, claimed he had a meeting with Burns (although not on his official schedule). The Brazilian president openly admitted that the meeting … [Read more...] about Bolsonaro and the CIA Conspire Against “New Pink Tide” in South America
