Nearly 200 have died in manual eradication of coca in Colombia
Almost 200 Colombians have died in the process of manually eradicating coca plants, a strategy the Colombian government adopted after banning the aerial spraying of glyphosate.
Almost 200 Colombians have died in the process of manually eradicating coca plants, a strategy the Colombian government adopted after banning the aerial spraying of glyphosate.
Colombia’s government and rebel group the FARC have not begun their joint demining operation, despite previous statements suggesting that by now it would be well underway.
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, said on Monday that initial landmine removal operations will take place in areas close to towns and villages. Once a bilateral ceasefire is in place,…
The Colombian government expects to begin a pilot demining project with rebel group FARC within two months, the country’s minister in charge of post-conflict public security said Tuesday.
Clearing Colombia of landmines is likely to take at least 10 years, and cost more than $200 million, the government said days after announcing rebel group FARC would help in landmine…
Colombia’s government and the country’s biggest rebel group, the FARC, announced an agreement Saturday to begin a pilot program for removing land mines as part of efforts to lower the intensity…
Colombia’s national government aims to free the country of landmines before 2021, with the support of the international community.
Colombia is second only to Afghanistan on the list of countries with the most child victims of anti-personnel landmines, with more casualties than Syria, according to the International Campaign to Ban…
Locals from a rural village in the southwest of Colombia have discovered landmines around the local health center, local media reported Tuesday.