Praise God, together with Colombian rural communities
struggling to uphold sustainable and healthy living amidst onslaughts of bulldozers,
palm companies, paramilitaries and mining conglomerates, for provision,
protection and goodness. May the strength of life save the earth from waste and
warfare.
The Colombian government’s rural land authority published a "definitive decision" on 14 November to expropriate all remaining properties of the estate known as Las Pavas from oil palm grower Aportes San Isidro. Farm families repeatedly displaced from the estate thank God and supporters even as threats continue.
The Buenos Aires Farmers Association, accompanied by Christian Peacemaker Teams since 2009, released the following statement after Colombia's rural land authority announced on 14 November that it would expropriate the entire estate of Las Pavas from oil palm grower Aportes San Isidro.
Give thanks for the freedom, after eight months
of imprisonment, of Colombian mother and peacebuilder Claudia Maria Mayorga, for her and her family’s witness that
landed her there, and for seeing them all faithfully through a season of
apostolic endurance.
Christian Peacemaker Teams and its Colombia project give thanks to the God of life for the 1 November release, after eight months of imprisonment, of Claudia Maria Mayorga.
Christian Peacemaker Teams and its Colombia project give thanks to the God of life for the 1 November release, after eight months of imprisonment, of Claudia Maria Mayorga. 
