Colombia returns stolen land to 37 farming families
The Colombian Institute for Rural Development (INCODER) has returned property titles to 37 farming families in the Montes de Maria region in northern Colombia. The title deeds were presented to…
The Colombian Institute for Rural Development (INCODER) has returned property titles to 37 farming families in the Montes de Maria region in northern Colombia. The title deeds were presented to…
A women’s credit union in Barrancabermeja, and a land restitution project in San Carlos, won Colombia’s National Peace Prize 2011. They beat 99 other nominees to win the award, which…
The European Union gave Colombia over $75 million (€55 million Euros) in aid to finance land restitution, peacebuilding, and rural development. Five cooperation agreements, aimed towards financing the peace agenda…
Colombian officials were complicit in allowing illegal armed groups, landowners, and private companies to steal about 100,000 acres of land, displacing its previous occupants, according to a government report. The…
Colombian Minister of Agriculture Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar has assured rural Colombians that the government will not back away from pursuing leading paramilitaries and guerrillas responsible for mass land thefts,…
The Colombian Institute of Rural Development (Incoder) will invest $222.8 million in the preparatory phase of the land restitution process, Caracol Radio reported Monday. According to the director of Incoder,…
The U.N. High Commission on Human Rights has welcomed the adoption of the Victims and Land Restitution Law but also expressed several recommendations and concerns about its application, various media…
The Colombian Government vowed to begin the process of returning land to displaced farmers on Friday, when President Juan Manuel Santos sanctions a law that will grant rights to victims…
Colombian government officials will return nearly 1,500 acres of land to 61 displaced peasant families in the Norte de Santander department on Wednesday, that was seized by paramilitaries, local media…