Join us for a discussion of war, peacebuilding, and the problem of vested interests in Colombia and Latin America with veteran peace-maker and long-time human rights activist Louise Winstanley, the Programme and Advocacy Manager of ABColombia, a UK-based human rights organization.

Louise discusses:

• Right-wing tactics of repression in Latin America;

• Obstacles to documentation of evidence of atrocity;

• The ongoing dire situation of human rights defenders and environmental activists in Colombia, especially since the signing of the 2016 Peace Accord;

• The growth of right-wing neo-paramilitary groups;

• The history of the FARC and the political genocide of the Patriotic Union political party after its formation in the 1980s;

• The peace process that resulted in th ...