Children are the primary victims of Colombia’s armed conflict, according to the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF). In recognition of the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, the…
The Colombian Campaign Against Mines (CCCM) has called on the government to better recognize victims of landmines in the Victims and Land Restitution Act, reported newspaper El Espectador Tuesday. “In…
Colombia invited the Spanish government to participate in a campaign against landmines, Univision reported Thursday. The Colombian Embassy in Spain joined a campaign entitled “Lend Your Leg” which works to…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated Colombia’s first landmine free town, said local media Tuesday. Santos attended a ceremony in the central Colombian town of San Carlos in Colombia’s Antioquia…
The number of child landmine victims in Colombia has risen dramatically in 2012, the country’s government said Tuesday. According to the Presidential Program for Comprehensive Action Against Antipersonnel Mines, this…
At least 850 anti-personnel mines have been uncovered by police in southern Colombia, local media reported Tuesday. The devices were found in a cave during an operation aimed at damaging…
Four soldiers have died after one stepped on an anti-personnel mine in a minefield in the central Colombian Tolima department, the army announced Tuesday. The incident took place between Chaparral…
Colombia’s increasing number of landmine victims are the “poorest, most removed from urban centers and health care” of all victims of the country’s armed conflict, said the director of the…
Colombia Reports is dedicating its 2011 Christmas Drive to the Colombian Campaign against Mines, a non-governmental organization that helps victims of landmines and creates educational programs to prevent civilians from…