Presbyterian Mission Agency César Carhuachín Archives

Venezuelan refugees’ plight tugs at the heart of mission co-worker in Colombia

Posted July 23rd, 2019

Just steps away from the Reformed University campus where he teaches, Presbyterian mission co-worker César Carhuachin comes face to face with some of Colombia’s most marginalized people. He encounters Venezuelan refugees who seek to survive by selling candy on the streets. Earlier this year, the United Nations estimated that 3.4 million Venezuelans have fled their homeland, where political repression has created severe economic hardship and pervasive shortages of food and medicine.

Venezuelan refugees’ plight tugs at the heart of mission co-worker in Colombia

Posted May 23rd, 2019

Just steps away from the Reformed University campus where he teaches, Presbyterian mission co-worker César Carhuachin comes face to face with some of Colombia’s most marginalized people.

Will Colombian peace accord lead to lasting peace?

Posted September 27th, 2016

After four years of dialogue and negotiations, President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC guerrilla group agreed to end hostilities on June 23, 2016. The final peace accord, announced on August 24 and formally signed on September 26, will be placed before the Colombian people for a popular vote on October 2.