Through the persistent work done by the collectives of campesinos and reincorporated ex-combatants and with the support from PASO Colombia and this diverse partner network, the ERA of Miranda consolidated as a social process and as an exercise of knowledge appropriation and capacity strengthening fo...

PASO Colombia has been awarded a USD $9,600 “Imagining Our Image” grant from the 2020 National Stimulus Program of the Ministry of Culture.

One Earth Future believes that the Sand Creek Memorial is one reminder that working together collaboratively to solve problems together is the best way to address the roots of conflict. The Sand Creek statue is the result of collaboration among the sovereign tribes involved and the government of Col...

Members of the newly formed fisheries Co-Management Association (CMA) in Bander Beyla participated in a business administration training.

Secure Fisheries researchers presented virtually for Geography 2050: The Future of the World Ocean.

Durante el Foro Mundial de Gobernanza UN75, realizado virtualmente entre el 16 y 17 de septiembre del 2020, PASO Colombia anunció “Una Red para la Paz y Seguridad en Colombia”, una nueva alianza cuyo propósito es promover el desarrollo rural inclusivo de las economías campesinas, en los territorios ...

In a recent article for the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Andrew Higgins examines how by refusing to accept the results of last week’s U.S. election and working to delegitimize the vote, President Trump is following a similar strategy to that of dictators.

The experience of the Rural Alternative School (ERA) in Miranda is a space that combines the ideas of an Alternative School and a Diverse Farm. Its development as a productive and educational gathering point had to tackle —through practical project development— different challenges in order to achie...

“With the help of MM, we installed the coat rack, and we told them that it was meant for organizing bags, shoes, and shirts, but they continued to be messy. One day, I grabbed everything I found and put it in a sack, and at the time of departure, there were some of them who were confused and looking...

“Once, when he was a commander, he went to my house and sat down in the doorway. He said he was going to lead an attack from there! And I was about six months pregnant! And I asked him, “Are you going to stay here?” And he said, “Yes.” So, I had to take my daughter and go out to the mountain, to loo...

Let’s say that there’s a sense of fellowship. And I admire that here, because when you lose that, it’s difficult to recover. When you come to this space, you feel at ease with everyone, you feel safe, you feel good. We listen to each other and dialogue, and that is what allows us to have a collectiv...

“Recently my colleagues asked me, “Don’t you want to go to back to the mountains?” I told them, “No, what am I going to do there, if I’m already working here!” There’s a lot of work here, there’s a lot to do. For example, right now, you were looking at the fertilizers, and if you “Recently my collea...

We're the campesino association and we desire integration. We work together with reincorporated ex-combatants and we don’t have any problem with them being here. We expect the best results and we hope to develop the projects, both for those who are in the reincorporation process and for the campesin...

At first, it was tough to see them here, because my mother-in-law died in a FARC attack. So, there was a resentment... But then, after seeing them working every day, we started to understand that it was better for everyone to have them here and not like before. (Campesino Woman, ASPROZONAC, March 5,...