Body found, thought to be missing land rights campaigner
A body found in northwestern Colombia could be a land rights campaigner who disappeared March 24, an NGO reported Wednesday. It was found in the mouth of the river Pavarando traveling…
A body found in northwestern Colombia could be a land rights campaigner who disappeared March 24, an NGO reported Wednesday. It was found in the mouth of the river Pavarando traveling…
A land rights campaigner and his teenage son have been disappeared by “paramilitaries” in the northwest of Colombia, an NGO said Monday. Manuel Ruiz, a community leader in the Pacific…
A Colombian beauty queen has ceded her crown following a controversial nude appearance in a Colombian men’s magazine. Jessica Paola Montoya told Colombian media that she was confused by the…
The Red Cross said Tuesday it has moved into Colombia’s tense Choco department to offer assistance to displaced people pushed out by escalating violence. According to a press release, aid…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos sends 300 additional soldiers to the western Choco department to combat its strong FARC presence, the head of state said in a press release. The…
The Colombian government pledged to restore almost 250,000 acres of land to displaced people in the western department of Choco. In accordance with orders from the Constitutional Court, Interior Minister…
Leaders from the western Colombian department of Choco expressed their frustration Saturday about what they call a lack of response of the national government to a shut-down of the area…
Colombian Interior Minister German Vargas visited western department of Choco Thursday, which has been shut down by guerrillas for the past week. Choco residents have been unable to travel freely…
The people of the western Colombian department of Choco have lost faith in the Colombian state, feeling totally abandoned in the face of increased violence in the Pacific region, the…