8 killed in fighting between paramilitary groups in north Colombia
Eight people have been killed in the north of Antioquia province since Sunday as...
Tag: displaced people
Colombia GDP growth could be doubled with peace: report
Without the armed conflict, Colombia’s economic growth could have been 8.7% instead of 4.3%,...
We can’t compensate 6 million victims of armed conflict overnight: Colombia President
The government does not have the capacity to immediately compensate all 6 million victims of...
Colombia holds hope for refugees: UNHCR
“Colombia is one of the few sources of hope for refugees,” said the UN High Commission on Refugees on Friday, according to news-wire EFE. High Commissioner Antonio Guterres speaking at the end of an executive...
Red Cross helping displaced in west Colombia
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 workers were sent to Vigia del...
Poder Joven: Providing a safe space for Medellin’s children
Clared Patricia Jaramillo did not expect to be doing what she is doing today. Educated as an industrial engineer, she now spends her days advocating for social change and working with inner-city and internally-displaced children...
2 cities account for 40% forced disappearances: UN
The cities of Medellin and Villavicencio constitute 40% of Colombia’s forced disappearance cases currently being investigated, according to the U.N. Medellin, in the north-west department of Antioquia, and Villavicencio,...
1/3 of displaced people in 2010 moved from ‘consolidated areas’
One in three of the 280,000 people displaced in Colombia during 2010 were supposedly from areas that officially had been “consolidated” by the government. According to a report by CODHES, a Colombian NGO that...
International NGO supports Victims Law
The International Organization for Migration (OIM) signs a memorandum of support for Colombia’s Victims Law, which is currently making its way through the legislative process. Vice President Angelino Garzon said that the...
