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An inner calling changed the course of Sr. Amaya Hernandez's life and led her to reinvent herself. "It was the cry of a faith that demanded to be lived and professed. ... Starting over is always possible. ... Where God is, there is home, brothers, sisters, a task to do, and a mission to carry out in

Interview: Despite escalating assassinations, Colombian farmworker union fights for the right to the land The situation has recently gotten even worse in Colombia—already the world’s most dangerous place to be a union member.   Right now social movement leaders, union members, and participants in the peace process are being killed at a rate of more than one victim per day. With the restrictions and curfews related to the coronavirus, death squads can more easily find their targets at their...

FENSUAGRO, the National Federation of Agricultural Unions, was created to unite the labor movement and the farmworkers movement. Photo: Alliance for Global Justice, cropped from original. The situation has recently gotten even worse in Colombia—already the world’s most dangerous place to be a union member. Right now social movement leaders, union members, and participants in the peace process are being killed at a rate of more than one victim per day. With the restrictions and curfews relat...