The Andes Action Team

Welcome to the homepage of the Andes Action Team. This team was active from 1998 to 2001 and worked on many projects such as organizing workshops at AIUSA's Northeast Regional Conference and peaceful demonstrations at the Colombian Consulate in New York City during "Get on the Bus". Group 133 continues to write letters to the Colombian and US governments on behalf of the victims of human rights violations in Colombia.

Background

You can read some background information about the Andean region.

Links

Amnesty International Sites:

• Amnesty International USA
  The home page of Amnesty International USA
• Amnesty USA on Colombia
  A resource for press releases and in-depth reports from Amnesty International

Other Organizations Working for Human Rights in Colombia:

• Center for International Policy on Colombia
• Colombia Human Rights Network
• Colombian Labor Monitor
• Colombia Support Network
• Human Rights Watch, World Report 2000 - Colombia
• Peace Brigades International - Colombia Project
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Report on Colombia
• Washington Office on Latin America

Articles on Human Rights in Colombia:

• In Focus: Colombia by Carlos Salinas
  Foreign Policy, November 1997.
  
• Phoney War by John Pilger
  The Guardian, October 1999.
  
• Stop the War in Colombia
  The Progressive, September 1999.
  
• In Focus: Colombia's Role in International Drug Industry by Winifred Tate
  Foreign Policy, November 1999.
  
• MAPIRIPAN: A Shortcut to Hell by Maria Cristina Caballero
  Originally published in Colombia's CAMBIO, July 1997.