Colombia fights Ecuador coca crops lawsuit
The Colombian government presented its defense to a lawsuit filed by Ecuador in 2008, which claims that Colombia’s aerial crop spraying undermines its sovereignty, before the International Court of Justice…
The Colombian government presented its defense to a lawsuit filed by Ecuador in 2008, which claims that Colombia’s aerial crop spraying undermines its sovereignty, before the International Court of Justice…
The Colombian army have destroyed more than 18,000 hectares of illegal crops since the beginning of the year, announced the national army’s official website. The ministry clarified that 650 hectares…
Colombia’s national government has earmarked $48 million for a pilot program to eradicate all coca plants in the western Antioquia department. The ambitious plan involves not just the destruction of…
Indigenous communties in Antioquia are subject to harrassment by guerrillas and other illigal armed groups, the local indigenous organization denounced Wednesday. In an report by the newspaper El Colombia, William…
Colombian authorities announced Tuesday that 40,689 hectares of illicit crops have been eradicated manually so far in 2009. According to a press release on the website of the Colombia agency…
Tourists who want to see a different kind of Colombia can now enjoy their holiday on a farm in the middle of former coca plantations near Santa Marta. Zunilda San…