Centro Pazifico

Activism

From July 2023 to December 2024, Centro Pazifico served as a coordination hub for human rights groups in southwestern Colombia, including the Francisco Isaias Cifuentes Human Rights Network. It sheltered displaced social leaders, offering legal support, psychological aid, and health care. Workshops were held under a “permanent school of human rights” in Cali and municipalities like Palmira and Tulua. ³

In 2023, the group supported mobilizations including four events supportive of the leftist Colombian government of President Gustavo Petro, a May Day demonstration, and a “zero enrollment” student protest. The group collaborated with the Solidarity Committee with Political Prisoners, providing medical services for protest injuries. It advised the Dialogue Table of the Social Upheaval, managing a list of prosecuted people and offering legal and emergency care. In August 2023, it hosted a three-month meeting in Guadalajara de Buga with 80 organizations for peace dialogues. ³

Financials

Funding for Centro Pazifico comes from international left-wing groups like the Alliance for Global Justice and Justice for Colombia. Centro Pazífico is a fiscally sponsored project of the Alliance for Global Justice. ^{4  5}

In 2024, the Alliance for Global Justice reported revenues of $6,707,856, with expenses of $8,818,230, resulting in a net income of -$2,110,374. Net assets stood at $9,056,868, supported by total assets of $9,058,695 against liabilities of $1,827. Contributions formed the bulk of revenue at $6,428,828, or 95.8 percent of the total. On the expense side, other salaries and wages accounted for $3,519,770, representing 39.9 percent of total outlays. ⁶

People

As of September 2025, Darnelly Rodriquez is the director for both Centro Pazifico, and the Francisco Isaias Cifuentes Human Rights Network. Rodriguez is a human rights activist based in southwestern Colombia. She recorded instances of police violence during union-led demonstrations in 2021 and established a medical facility to care for injured protesters. She spoke at an international rally during the national delegate conference of UNISON, a British government-worker labor union, in 2022. ^{7  8}