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Crisis In Buenaventura Above photo: May Day, Buenaventura, Colombia (2019). Buenaventura is the main port for Colombian foreign trade and the second largest city in the prosperous state of Valle del Cauca. Historically, the territory has been inhabited by Afro-descendants, indigenous peoples, and campesinos. Despite the diversity and cultural richness of this territory, it is […]
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Statement Of Support For Civic Strike In Buenaventura, Colombia
June 9th, 2017 
Awake Goy Statement of Support and Solidarity with the People of Buenaventura Popular Resistance has been closely following and reporting on the civic strike in the port city of Buenaventura, Colombia. As the strike is suspended we are issuing this statement of support and solidarity. We applaud the political clarity and the uncompromising demands of the people of Buenaventura […]
Colombia: Protesters in Buenaventura demand public fund to meet pressing needs
May 31st, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : Protesters in Colombia’s largest port city Buenaventura, on Tuesday, demanded that the government create a public fund to address the most pressing […]
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No Comments »Strike In Buenaventura For People Centered Human Rights
May 29th, 2017 Awake Goy Note: Charo Mina Rojas urges people to stand in solidarity with the residents of Buenaventura, Colombia urging people to write “President Juan Manuel Santos, Peace laureate 2016, to immediately order the ESMAD, police and military forces to restrain from attacking the civilians and better ensure effectively that the dialogues can continue without hostile repression.” Charo […]
Esther Ojulari: National Strike in Buenaventura Colombia
May 24th, 2017 Awake Goy Above: Mass action closing down port in Buenaventura, Colombia May 21 The city of Buenaventura on Colombia’s Pacific coast is home to the country’s main international port through which billions of dollars of imports and exports pass every year. Yet due to decades of abandonment form the government, the mainly Afrodescendant and indigenous community of Buenaventura […]
Bill Gates’ ‘Solution’ Misses Vital Part Of Equation
December 4th, 2015 Awake Goy Print Friendly Above photo: Bill Gates at the Paris Climate Talks (immediate left of President Obama). From Climate State. Bill Gates’ announcement of the multi-billion dollar Breakthrough Energy Coalition gave a great boost to the Paris talks, yet he still doesn’t see investing in fossil fuel companies as a problem. NOTE: We at Popular Resistance […]
