Colombia to buy 3M hectares of arable land for rural reform
Colombia’s government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large...
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How to steal land the size of a small country | Part VIII: coercing justice
The director of Colombia’s ranchers federation allegedly teamed up with designated...
How long can Colombia’s ranchers chief stay out of prison?
Ranchers’ federation chief Jose Felix Lafaurie has every reason to worry. The evidence...
US to deport paramilitary leader to Colombia with or without extradition request: report
Extradition request or not, the US government reportedly plans to deport former paramilitary chief...
Colombia’s ruling party wants to make fiscal oversight a family affair
Colombia’s ruling party said it wants the controversial husband of a far-right senator to...
Former Governor pleads guilty to working with paramilitaries
The former governor of the coastal state of Cordoba has pleaded guilty to facilitating land theft,...
Colombia cattle ranchers fear ‘communist’ redistribution of lands after FARC deal
Colombia’s federation of cattle ranchers, representing the country’s large land...
Controversial union president demands apology for ‘truculent’ remark
The president of the Colombian cattle rancher’s union (Fedegan) on Friday demanded an apology from the chief government negotiator in the FARC peace talks for criticizing the union for its refusal to participate in...
FARC accuses cattle ranchers President of allying AUC
FARC accused the president of the National Farmers Federation of being an ally of paramilitaries as the agricultural forum concluded on Tursday, reported local media. The guerrilla group says that [Fedegan] President Jose Felix...
Fate of Colombia rests on land and territory solutions: FARC
The fate of Colombia rests on the solution to land and territory disputes, said FARC on Tuesday. In a statement delivered from Havana, Cuba, FARC’s chief negotiator Ivan Marquez said that “there is nothing more vital to us than...
Opinion divided on land and rural development forum
The forum for land and rural development has begun, as part of the on-going peace process, in order to solicit views and opinions on food production and land limitaion in Colombia, reported El Tiempo Monday. There have been...
Colombia announces $31M plan to improve livestock breeding
Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture announced a $31 million plan Thursday to make animal husbandry more productive and competitive, Colombia’s W Radio reported. “The political instruments launched by the agricultural...
