Displaced indigenous group demands aid
Forty indigenous people have fled their homes in western Colombia because of violence and are now living in Bogota’s main bus terminal, RCN Radio reports. Among the group are two…
Forty indigenous people have fled their homes in western Colombia because of violence and are now living in Bogota’s main bus terminal, RCN Radio reports. Among the group are two…
A recent study shows that 6.65 million hectares of land has been abandoned or seized due to armed conflict in Colombia, making the land problem more extensive than originally thought.…
The United States plans to give $30 million over three years to support the restitution of lands to displaced persons in Colombia, announced the Colombian Agriculture Ministry. The ministry said…
Daabon Organic, once a major palm oil supplier to cosmetics giant the Body Shop has spoken out against accusations that it acted improperly when purchasing land, and subsequently seeking the…
The world’s second largest cosmetic franchise, the Body Shop, has dropped its palm oil supplier in Colombia after reports of the forced removal of peasant farmers from a new plantation. The…
Female leaders of the Bogota’s displaced population are being threatened by paramilitary organizations, according to a Green Party councilor. Councilor Antonio Sanguino told RCN Radio that over the last three…
Imprisoned Colombian paramilitary leaders sent a letter to former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro asking him to represent them in the proposed “government of national unity” of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos,…
A “Global Trends” report by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees finds that Colombia ranks third worldwide in the number of its citizens seeking asylum abroad, with 39,200 new applicants…
Thirteen hundred U.S. activists signed a letter to the president of Chiquita Brands, demanding that the fruit company donate all profits earned in Colombia to victims of the paramilitaries that…