Residents of a small town in the northeast of Colombia have closed off the road connecting the northeast of Colombia with the rest of the country, demanding better education and…
A body found in northwestern Colombia could be a land rights campaigner who disappeared March 24, an NGO reported Wednesday. It was found in the mouth of the river Pavarando traveling…
A land rights campaigner and his teenage son have been disappeared by “paramilitaries” in the northwest of Colombia, an NGO said Monday. Manuel Ruiz, a community leader in the Pacific…
Colombia police said Thursday they have arrested 20 members of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” as the north of the country is paralyzed because residents are too afraid to break an…
Colombia’s National Police released video material and details Monday regarding the operation that killed drug lord “Giovanni,” leader of the powerful “Urabeños” on January 1. According to the police, “Operation…
A land claimant in Northwest Colombia was killed on Thursday, making him the 10th person from the Association of Natural Land and Life to be killed in the past three…
Paramilitary forces have been mobilizing to launch an assault on communities in humanitarian zones in northern Colombia, according to community representatives. Self-Determining Communities, Life, Dignity (CAVIDA) released a statement saying…
The Superintendent of the Notary and Registry has claimed there was widespread official collusion in the illegal acquisition of over 100,000 acres of land in Uraba. Jorge Enrique Velez told…
The Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, Beatriz Uribe Botero, ratified a bill that will allocate $42 million (COP75 billion) towards the rebuilding of houses affected by the rainy…