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In the mountains of southwestern Colombia, hundreds of Indigenous guards who protect their lands from crime are debating how to negotiate a standoff with right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella.
News Colombia » Cauca: Rebels set off a car bomb outside toll booth as fighting intensifies in Colombia’s Cauca region
A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia injuring at least three civilians. The army blamed Monday's attack on the Carlos Patiño front, a group of former Revolutionary Armed Forces ...
News Colombia » Cauca: Violence Rages On in Colombia’s Cauca Department
A wave of violence has struck Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department, in the form of targeted killings and armed groups battling for control of coca crops and trafficking routes — a deadly mix. Much ...
News Colombia » Cauca: Young Indigenous leaders in Colombia's violent Cauca gather to resist violence and elect new voices
Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. Pazu, an Indigenous authority from the Nasa ...
News Colombia » Cauca: Colombia reels from explosive attack as death toll climbs to 20
The death toll from an explosive attack in Colombia on Saturday has risen to 20, according to authorities, with over 36 more injured. The government blames a dissident faction of the demobilized FARC ...
News Colombia » Cauca: Why Are Social Leaders Dying in Colombia’s Cauca?
The murders of social leaders in Colombia have only accelerated in 2019 In early 2018, Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office sounded the alarm regarding an unprecedented increase in the murders of social ...
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Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. Pazu, an Indigenous authority from the Nasa ...
News Colombia » Cauca: Colombia’s frontlines of the drug war: Cauca
Colombian authorities are combating cocaine production in some of the most remote regions. Cauca is one of the long-neglected areas where the drug trade has fueled political conflict. In spite of ...
News Colombia » Cauca: Valle del Cauca
Valle del Cauca capital Cali (Image by Hectorangelazul) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ],