Tag: Rural development
Colombia’s ICT minister resigns over corruption scandal
Colombia’s ICT minister resigned on Thursday after coalition parties announced their support...
Colombia’s ICT minister under fire over missing $17.6 million
Colombia’s opposition demanded the resignation of the country’s ICT minister on...
Colombia launches rural development ‘rescue plan’ for 170 municipalities
Colombia’s government on Tuesday confirmed that it will roll out a series of rural...
Almost half of Colombia’s countryside lives below poverty line
Almost half of Colombia’s rural population — 44.7% to be exact — lives below the...
FARC presents last rural development proposals
Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, on Thursday presented their last three rurual development proposals. The proposals included legalizing certain illegal crops “for therapeutic reasons”, creating a rural...
EU gives Colombia $75M in aid
The European Union gave Colombia over $75 million (€55 million Euros) in aid to finance land restitution, peacebuilding, and rural development. Five cooperation agreements, aimed towards financing the peace agenda in Colombia,...
Colombian registrar arrested for helping neo-paramilitary steal land
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has arrested the registrar for the San Martin municipality, located in the central department of Meta, for allegedly assisting a fallen neo-paramilitary boss in robbing...
