Colombia Humana has called for August 7 to be a day of national actions in Colombia to demand an end to political violence, and that the peace accords be honored. The Alliance for Global Justice, School of the America’s Watch, People’s Human Rights Observatory, Task Force on the Americas, Party of Liberation and Socialism, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Marcha Patriótica of California, Committee to Free Simón Trinidad, and Camino Común have called for August 5-11 to be International Days for Peace in Colombia and against Death Squad and State Terror.

Read an eyewitness report from a member of a delegation to Colombia organized by the Alliance for Global Justice that held a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to present a list of demands, including freedom for all political prisoners.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has declared a 60-day “state of exception” in western Táchira state to stop the massive smuggling of goods into bordering Colombia and to defeat the paramilitary groups involved.