Colombia’s agriculture minister claims ranchers federation threatened him
Colombia’s Minister for Agriculture claimed on Monday that he received threats from the president of the country’s ranchers federation amid an ongoing dispute over funding.
Colombia’s Minister for Agriculture claimed on Monday that he received threats from the president of the country’s ranchers federation amid an ongoing dispute over funding.
Some 100 masked protesters occupied the Colombia’s ministry of agriculture in the capital Bogota on Tuesday in an escalation of a demonstration by farmers that began on Monday.
Displaced indigenous and farming communities traveled to South Korea this week where they will train to promote economic development through solidarity work, said the United Nations on Thursday.
While in Paris, Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that he hopes for French support for plans to introduce a rural military police force and improve education in the…
The European Union has directed 70 million euro ($86 million) to Colombia’s Agriculture Ministry to improve the productivity and competitiveness of small-scale producers and to boost programs aimed at reducing regional inequalities…
The Colombian government, farmers, Afro-Colombians, and indigenous groups have created a dialogue table that seeks to improve the living conditions of rural and minority communities.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos is looking to reform a 1994 law prohibiting vacant lands from being acquired by private enterprises. The president wants to reserve this land for land…
The Colombian government and the FARC rebel group released a draft rural reform on Wednesday that showed the two warring parties have not yet agreed on the specifics of land redistribution or…
Colombia’s president and minister of agriculture have approved an agricultural pact in response to nationwide agrarian protests that began in August 2013.