Medellin’s displaced people release album
The sufferings of Colombia’s internal refugees normally go unheard, but one group have found their voice and recorded a song called “The Displaced,” a tragicomic new tune by Medellin street…
The sufferings of Colombia’s internal refugees normally go unheard, but one group have found their voice and recorded a song called “The Displaced,” a tragicomic new tune by Medellin street…
One of Colombia’s most notorious drug-trafficking gangs “Los Rastrojos” sent threatening emails and letters to over 60 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), senators and human rights activists, Colombian human rights NGO the…
Victims of paramilitary groups, prosecutors, and ex-paramilitaries allege that Accion Social, Colombia’s presidential aid agency, has mismanaged funds intended for those affected by paramilitary violence, reports Verdad Abierta. The Victims’ Reparation…
One hundred and seventy-nine people from a rural community in the Colombian department of Choco were displaced from their homes after being warned by a local paramilitary group of impending…
The number of displaced Colombians known to be living in Ecuador has increased by 26,000, over 50%, following new figures released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), reported…
A state-funded program plans to help more than 1.5 million Colombian families overcome extreme poverty, and a million families have already been helped by the scheme, according to a government…
Ombudsman Volmar Perez on Wednesday expressed his concern over the displacement of approximately 300 indigenous Colombians in the southern department of Nariño. Perez confirmed that 60 indigenous families from the…
An NGO observing Colombia’s electoral process Monday accused Accion Social, Colombia’s presidential aid agency for the displaced, of pressuring displaced people to vote for Partido de la U candidates in the…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday said he was confident that some 120,000 of the country’s estimated three million displaced people will return home this year. According to Uribe, 60,000…