Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday announced a “pilot” program for illicit crop substitution in the southern state of Putumayo, claiming there will be “no more need” for fumigation with…
Local authorities in southern Colombia on Thursday requested a suspension of pumping oil after another rebel attack on a pipeline.
Five oil tankers were set ablaze allegedly by members of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, in the southwestern state of Putumayo, Colombian media reported on Tuesday.
Three people suspected to be guerrillas from Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, were captured Monday while hoarding nearly $585,000 in plastic barrels, according to Colombia’s National Army.
Some 25 thousand farmers in southern Colombia have been involved in weeks-long protests demanding the national government end controversial aerial fumigation of coca crops and carry out due diligence in the awarding of oil…
A fleet of special forces soldiers are being sent into the southwest state of Putumayo to protect citizens after an increased amount of attacks on oil tankers allegedly by Colombia’s…
Colombian public prosecutors are investigating an alleged army massacre of which at least one victim was later reported as a guerrilla killed in combat.
Twenty-three states in Colombia have been placed on orange or red alert, as torrential downpours marking the start of the regional rainy season hit communities throughout the country. According to…
FARC rebels have allegedly attacked three oil installations in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo, local media reported on Tuesday