The Ministry of Finance is holding back money meant for victims of land theft, putting the peace process at risk, said the country’s comptroller general Wednesday. Sandra Morelli, the Comptroller…
Colombia’s agriculture minister claimed Monday that the Victims and Land Restitution Act is not up for negotiation during the peace process with rebel group FARC. Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo…
Canada announced Wednesday an additional $1.6 million to Colombia to help bolster the country’s land restitution and peace initiatives. “Canada is proud to support the Government of Colombia’s land restitution…
The Colombian Rural Development Institute on Wednesday appropriated more than 3,000 acres of land in northern Colombia for formally displaced farmers, local media reports. After months of inspection and litigation,…
Displaced Colombians have requested the return of 4.8 million acres of land stolen by illegal armed groups, corrupt government officials and businesses, the national government said Monday. According to the…
Colombia’s collective of governors expressed their concern that there are not enough resources to meet the needs of the Victims and Land Restitution Law imposed last year. The Victims and Land Restitution law,…
FARC criticized the Land Restitution Law only because it takes away from their “banner of propaganda,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday. In the opening statements of the…
A Colombian judge has ruled in favor of 14 families in the country’s north, who claimed their lands were stolen by paramilitaries, reported local media Wednesday. In the first ruling…
Colombian authorities opened an investigation Monday into land theft by officials of the country’s institute for rural development, who on Monday denounced what it called the “land cartel,” the practice of stealing…