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250,000 acres to be returned to Afro-Colombian communities

Tom HeydenMarch 18, 201102K views

Colombia’s interior and justice minister has announced on Twitter that nearly 250,000 acres of land will be returned to Afro-Colombian communities who have been forcibly displaced. German Vargas Lleras used…

Colombia to confiscate ‘Jorge 40’s’ properties

Tom DavenportJuly 21, 201001.4K views

The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday asked the nation’s Institute for Rural Development to seize and redistribute 36 properties linked to paramilitary commander Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40.” The…