Colombia Reports

La Guajira

La Guajira is Colombia’s most northern province. It largely consists of desert and is home to the Wayuu people.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go…

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La Constru

La Constru is a paramilitary group that is active in Putumayo, one of Colombia’s most important coca cultivation regions and strategically located along the Ecuadorean border. The group first manifested itself in…

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Guaviare

Guaviare is a province in the south of Colombia. It consists mainly of Amazon rainforest.   Skip to Summary | Map | Socio-economics | Places to go | Things to do…

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‘Gentil Duarte’

“Gentil Duarte” is the most powerful FARC dissident leader who controls much of the demobilized guerrilla group’s criminal rackets in southeast Colombia. The long-time guerrilla has a $1.7 million bounty…

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Forced disappearances

More than 150,000 people were disappeared during Colombia’s half-a-century armed conflict, according to the National Victims Registry. More than half of them are still missing. The number of forcibly disappeared…

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Marta Lucia Ramirez

Colombia’s Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez is one of the country’s most powerful conservative voices and an icon of the empowerment of women. Tweets by mluciaramirez The Bogota-born politician has…

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Extrajudicial executions

Colombia’s so-called “false positives” scandal is centered around the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians by the military that dressed their victims as guerrillas to present them as combat kills…

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Guillermo Botero

Guillermo Botero is Colombia’s former defense minister and well known for his long-time influence in his country’s politics and private sector. Tweets by GuillermoBotero He has had close personal relationships…

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‘Joaquin Gomez’

Milton de Jesus Toncel, a.k.a. “Joaquin Gomez,” is a senior FARC politician and the former commander of the demobilized guerrilla group’s Southern Bloc. Tweets by JoacoGomez_FARC Gomez was born in…

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