Wildfires have destroyed over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest in 2014
The first three months of 2014 have seen the loss of over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest during a countrywide drought, said local media on Tuesday.
The first three months of 2014 have seen the loss of over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest during a countrywide drought, said local media on Tuesday.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office seized 10 properties on Tuesday formerly belonging to a pair of high-level paramilitaries and drug lords, reported national media.
Colombia’s ombudsman on Wednesday called on authorities to protect more than a thousand teachers that are being threatened throughout the country.
Three members of the FARC’s 58th Front were killed during an army operation in the north of Colombia on Monday, according to an official report.
In Colombia, government and social organizations alike are turning to the enduring draw of sports to break the cycles of bloodshed that continue to govern much of the country.
A court in Colombia has ruled against the Castaño family, the founding members of the AUC, and asserted that they are to return stolen lands to appropriate families, reported local media…
The murder of a cattle rancher and the appearance of leaflets threatening extortion, have left farmers in north west Colombia fearing for their lives, reported El Tiempo on Thursday. According…
Disturbing health abnormalities afflicting various towns in northern Colombia stem from the communities’ close proximity to the Cerro Matoso open-cast mine, according to environmental and health activists in the region.
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, owns more than 67 diggers in just one town in the north of the country, leasing the machines to local gold miners in exchange…