Pacific

Malaga Bay to be national park

Following a fierce five-year battle between local communities, environmental groups and the government, Malaga Bay on Colombia’s Pacific coast is set to be granted full national park status, ending one…

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Choco politician demands home rule

Following the national celebration of Colombia’s bicentenary of independence in the department’s capital, Choco’s former governor Patrocinio Sanchez de Occa urged the department to demand its independence from Colombia. According to Sanchez, “Choco…

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Colombia adopts whaling regulation treaty

Colombia’s Constitutional Court approved that the “International Convention for the regulation of whaling” and the “Protocol to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling” be incorporated into national legislation. Magistrate Mauricio Gonzalez…

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