Land of poor farmers given to rich: Incoder
A Colombian institute for rural development (Incoder) denounced what it calls the “land cartel,” the practice of stealing the lands from the nation and giving it to the rich. According to…
A Colombian institute for rural development (Incoder) denounced what it calls the “land cartel,” the practice of stealing the lands from the nation and giving it to the rich. According to…
Of the thousands of claimants for land restitution, the Colombian government said Tuesday that 38% stems from rebel group FARC pressuring farmers to abandon their land. According to government figures,…
The first properties usurped by FARC guerrillas will be returned to victims this week as part of the process of land restitution and reparation for victims of the armed conflict,…
Nearly 2,500 acres of land in northern Colombia have been misappropriated, reported local media Thursday. Close to 2,500 acres of land in the northern province of Bolivar have been wrongly apportioned,…
Recently captured drug lord “El Loco Barrera” stole at least 3,385 acres of land, according to claims by Colombian families. The Land Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture has thus…
A law returning stolen land to farmers is not yet working in the north of Colombia, said a U.S. think tank Wednesday after visiting the region that has been one…
Colombia’s government will submit a demand for land restitution of a farm stolen by the founders of paramilitary umbrella group AUC. The founding brothers Fidel and Carlos Castaño of the…
The Spanish wing of Amnesty International launched an online campaign this week calling for Colombia’s president to remedy the shortcomings of the Victims and Land Restitution law. “In Colombia, those…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that beneficiaries of land stolen from displaced farmers have no right to legal benefits. The court determined that two articles of the Victims and Land…