Time:
10/27/2008 - 12:30 - 10/27/2008 - 02:00
The
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Association for
Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians USA invite you to participate in a
brownbag discussion
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Association for
Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians USA invite you to participate in a
brownbag discussion
with
Jose Santos Cabezas Caicedo
National Coordinating Committee of the Black Communities Process (PCN) in Colombia
Monday, October 27th
12:30pm-2:00pm
Washington Office on Latin America
1666 Connecticut Ave. NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC, 20009
Founded in 1993, the PCN is
an umbrella organization of grassroots Afro-Colombian organizations
that seek to defend the territorial, cultural and human rights of
Afro-Colombians. PCN is a prominent Afro-Colombian organization whose
founders helped with the formulation and passage of Law
70 in 1993, the law of the Black Communities, which granted collective
land titles to Afro-Colombians. Mr. Santos is in town for the
Inter-American Commission Hearings on Human Rights.
an umbrella organization of grassroots Afro-Colombian organizations
that seek to defend the territorial, cultural and human rights of
Afro-Colombians. PCN is a prominent Afro-Colombian organization whose
founders helped with the formulation and passage of Law
70 in 1993, the law of the Black Communities, which granted collective
land titles to Afro-Colombians. Mr. Santos is in town for the
Inter-American Commission Hearings on Human Rights.
Mr.
Santos will present on the recent wave of assassinations, forced
displacements, and threats faced by Afro-Colombian leaders and
communities inBuenaventura port city (Valle del Cauca),
Guapí and Timbiquí Cauca and Tumaco (Nariño). Also, he will discuss how
the aerial fumigation program is devastating Afro-Colombian communities
in Nariño and Cauca. Santos will
present on the Afro-Colombian community councils’ efforts to stop coca
and oil palm cultivation from spreading in their territories, the
councils’ alternative development proposals and their efforts to
organize in order to resist internal displacement. He will discuss why
168 Afro-Colombian community councils and grassroots groups believe
that the proposed US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement will lead to a
deterioration of Afro-Colombian land rights. Lastly, Santos will speak on the tense situation of the sugarcane workers inColombia who have been on strike since September 15th to protest their poor labor conditions in Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Risaralda.
Santos will present on the recent wave of assassinations, forced
displacements, and threats faced by Afro-Colombian leaders and
communities inBuenaventura port city (Valle del Cauca),
Guapí and Timbiquí Cauca and Tumaco (Nariño). Also, he will discuss how
the aerial fumigation program is devastating Afro-Colombian communities
in Nariño and Cauca. Santos will
present on the Afro-Colombian community councils’ efforts to stop coca
and oil palm cultivation from spreading in their territories, the
councils’ alternative development proposals and their efforts to
organize in order to resist internal displacement. He will discuss why
168 Afro-Colombian community councils and grassroots groups believe
that the proposed US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement will lead to a
deterioration of Afro-Colombian land rights. Lastly, Santos will speak on the tense situation of the sugarcane workers inColombia who have been on strike since September 15th to protest their poor labor conditions in Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Risaralda.
The presentation will be in Spanish with English translation.
We look forward to your participation in this discussion. Please RSVP to Rachel Robb at rrobb@wola.org or (202) 797-2171 by October 24th at noon if you plan to attend.