FARC responsible for 38% of stolen land: Govt
Of the thousands of claimants for land restitution, the Colombian government said Tuesday that 38% stems from rebel group FARC pressuring farmers to abandon their land. According to government figures,…
Of the thousands of claimants for land restitution, the Colombian government said Tuesday that 38% stems from rebel group FARC pressuring farmers to abandon their land. According to government figures,…
There are nearly 250,000 displaced senior citizens in Colombia according to the entity charged with the reparation of victims on Monday, the International Day of the Elderly. Experts from social…
Colombia will meet the target to redress 110,000 victims of the armed conflict two months ahead of schedule, said the director of the government’s victims reparation agency Thursday. According to…
A law returning stolen land to farmers is not yet working in the north of Colombia, said a U.S. think tank Wednesday after visiting the region that has been one…
Colombia’s government will submit a demand for land restitution of a farm stolen by the founders of paramilitary umbrella group AUC. The founding brothers Fidel and Carlos Castaño of the…
The Spanish wing of Amnesty International launched an online campaign this week calling for Colombia’s president to remedy the shortcomings of the Victims and Land Restitution law. “In Colombia, those…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that beneficiaries of land stolen from displaced farmers have no right to legal benefits. The court determined that two articles of the Victims and Land…
Families of victims of terrorist acts carried our by drug cartels in the 80s and 90s want to be included in Colombia’s Victims Law, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Thursday.…
Colombia’s comptroller has called for an investigation of the Ministry of Agriculture for allegedly submitting false figures, reported local media Monday. The comptroller entity transferred evidence to the Prosecutor General’s…