14May2010: CoDev Executive Director's Credibility Attacked by Liberal MP

Yesterday, during her testimony to the Standing Committee on International Trade, Barbara Wood's credibility was called into question by Liberal Trade Critic Scott Brison.  Click here to read more and take action about Mr. Brison's unwarranted attack on her in an attempt to discredit her and her testimony regarding the proposed Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

11May2010: Life of CoDev Partner in Colombia Threatened!

Berenice Celeyta, of CoDev's partner NOMADESC, and several other leaders from the south western region of Colombia received new death threats late last week.  We spoke with Berenice and she said they are very worried given the amount of intimidation and threats that have been taking place recently as well as the massacre of 8 people that took place in April in the same area.

Please take a moment to read the background and urgent action request and to forward this on to your networks, especially those you know are most likely to respond.

Thank you for supporting CoDev and our partners!

27Apr2010: Café Ético Coffee Partner under Threat

Café Ético is proud to import coffee from the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA), a Mayan farmers’ association that uses the profits from their coffee sales to fund their social justice work in Guatemala. National Coordinator Leocadio Juracán and the CCDA have recently been the subject of escalating threats, which culminated in anonymous death threats to both Leocadio and his family after the CCDA presented a report on violence against activists in Guatemala. As a result, the Juracáns have come to Vancouver temporarily in order to ensure their safety.

Such an occurrence shows the reality of Guatemala: while the civil war may have ended almost 15 years ago, the inequitable power structures and division of wealth that gave rise to the 36-year armed conflict are still very much in existence.

For more information about the work the CCDA you can visit: www.comitecampesino.org