Solidaridad internacionalista con los pueblos de Colombia

Friends of the Earth International and 81 other organizations condemn the Colombian government's violent response to the 2021 National Strike. The statement links the social unrest to a tax reform proposal, rising poverty, and a development model that prioritizes extractive industries and monetary accumulation over human rights and nature. It calls for an immediate end to military repression, the protection of the right to protest, and the implementation of comprehensive agrarian reform and food sovereignty.

• The 2021 National Strike was triggered by a proposed tax reform that would undermine the livelihoods of the Colombian population and increase social and economic inequality.
• Colombia faces severe economic disparity, with 42.5% of the population (21 million people) living below the monetary poverty line, while the financial system recorded profits of $24.25 trillion between January and September.
• The Colombian government is accused of failing to implement agreements with the FARC-EP, with approximately 270 signatories assassinated in recent years.
• Systemic violence against social leaders is reported, with 573 leaders killed during the first two years of the current government and 32 massacres recorded in 2021 alone.
• The document criticizes a development model that treats nature as a commodity, citing the return of glyphosate aerial spraying, the prioritization of extractive activities for economic reactivation, mining in páramos, and the opening of the country to fracking.
• Police violence during protests between April 28 and May 4, 2021, resulted in 1,443 cases of police violence, 31 killings, 814 arbitrary detentions, and 10 cases of sexual violence against women.
• The signatory organizations demand a comprehensive agrarian reform to build food sovereignty, the demilitarization of territories, and the renegotiation of free trade agreements that harm peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant populations.

APA

FOEIAdmin (2021). Solidaridad internacionalista con los pueblos de Colombia. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-internacionalista-con-los-pueblos-de-colombia/

Chicago

FOEIAdmin. Solidaridad internacionalista con los pueblos de Colombia. Friends of the Earth International, 2021. https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-internacionalista-con-los-pueblos-de-colombia/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{foeiadmin2021solidaridad, author = {FOEIAdmin}, title = {{Solidaridad internacionalista con los pueblos de Colombia}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-internacionalista-con-los-pueblos-de-colombia/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }