Colombia’s controversial ranchers’ federation Fedegan suggested to mobilize “ranchers solidarity brigades” in opposition to government efforts to empower landless farmers. The suggestion was rejected by President Gustavo Petro, who accused…
The United Nations will expand its monitoring of the implementation of a 2016 peace deal between Colombia’s government and the now-defunct FARC guerrilla group. The UN’s Security Council on Wednesday…
Colombia’s government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large landowners for redistribution among victims of armed conflict. President Gustavo Petro and the president of ranchers federation…
At the very heart of violence and armed conflict in Colombia is land. This has been the case since before Colombia was a republic and continues to divide the country.…
Large-scale misallocations of Colombia’s “forgotten territories” have caught the attention of the National Comptroller, who may exact millions in fines after an audit of the Colombian Institute for Rural Development…
Former President Alvaro Uribe announced at a Monday press conference that he and his party, the Centro Democratico, oppose the acquisition of uncultivated land by foreign investors.
Farmers and human rights rights groups in Colombia came out Wednesday against a proposed land reform bill they say will lead to “land accumulation.”
The chief negotiator of Colombia’s main rebel group FARC has said that the peace talks between the rebels and the government have yielded only “modest achievements” so far.
The government’s chief negotiator in the peace talks Wednesday announced an agreement is close to being reached between rebel group FARC and the state over land reform issues. After two…