Land restitution activists under threat
The death and suspected murder of a land restitution leader on Wednesday has shone a spotlight on the dangers faced by Colombian land reform activists. The body of Hermes Vidal…
The death and suspected murder of a land restitution leader on Wednesday has shone a spotlight on the dangers faced by Colombian land reform activists. The body of Hermes Vidal…
In a historic ruling, the Colombian State has given land rights to the family of a “missing” member of the FARC linked, now-defunct, Patriotic Union political party. In a ruling…
Colombia’s senate president threatens the arrest of rebel group FARC members should they attend a land reform forum in the southern department of Caqueta. On Friday and Saturday around 2,000…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC and government negotiators failed on Thursday to present a common agreement on land reform, the first point of six on the agenda at the ongoing…
The FARC delegation in Havana, Cuba Monday gave the Colombian government eight proposals for land reform that the two sides will discuss as the first round of negotiations nears an…
Significant differences remained on the table when the third round of peace talks between FARC and Colombian government negotiators came to a close in Havana on Thursday. “There are similarities…
The FARC, Colombia’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, on Tuesday released proposals for land redistribution and rural development across the country. The proposals suggest creating a “land fund” that would help…
Colombia’s largest left-wing guerrilla group FARC on Wednesday urged the country’s congress to cease passing bills related to points being discussed in peace talks, report local media. The FARC did…
Members of civil society on Thursday sent close to 500 proposals to peace negotiators for the country’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, FARC. According to the FARC negotiators, most of the…