Land return leaves FARC without arguments: Santos
The return of land to displaced farmers is leaving the FARC without arguments in favor of their armed fight against the state, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. While…
The return of land to displaced farmers is leaving the FARC without arguments in favor of their armed fight against the state, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. While…
Government figures on land restitution have been branded “misleading” over apparent discrepancies between the target set by President Juan Manuel Santos and estimates released by the Ministry of Agriculture (MADR).…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that “Manuel Marulanda,” the late leader and co-founder of the FARC owned 57 ranches in two departments alone. The information about the late…
More than 11,000 acres of stolen land was returned are displaced families as Colombia’s historic Victims Law came into effect Thursday. “Today we begin the Great Agrarian Revolution of…
The Colombian government has announced details of the 20 offices that will process land restitution claims under the new Victims Law. The first Land Restitution Unit office has already begun operation…
Almost 7,000 people have made land claims under the new Victims Law, Colombia’s agriculture minister said Monday. Juan Camilo Restrepo said the government’s Land Restitution Unit aimed to receive another…
Colombian guerrilla groups like the FARC and ELN are the owners of some 120,834 acres of land in the south of Colombia, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. The radio station said…
The land restitution process in Colombia is at risk if the justice system fails to properly punish those guilty of illegal appropriating it, said a Colombian congressman Friday. In an…
Satellite imagery will be used to aid land restitution in the cases of victims forcefully displaced during Colombia’s armed conflict, according to Radio Caracol. The Agustin Codazzi Institute, which is…