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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 » Government: Rebels set off a car bomb outside toll booth as fighting intensifies in Colombia's Cauca region
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia Monday, injuring at least three civilians, the army said, as fighting between the military and rebel groups ...
News Colombia » Cauca » Government: Colombian militias turn to drones as government launches all-out war
As Colombian troops push through the dense Amazon rainforest in a full-scale war against guerrilla militant groups, technology is reshaping how they fight. After four years of left-wing president ...
News Colombia » Cauca » Government: Car-bomb attack targets southwest Colombia a day after conservative president takes office
4:25 Colombia protesters rally against new president who promises to crackdown on drugs, crime A car bomb exploded Saturday in southwestern Colombia, the army said, a day after conservative political ...
News Colombia » Cauca » Government: Colombia's Panamerican Highway Under Siege as FARC Splinter Group Strikes Third Time
FARC dissidents bombed El Bordo's highway toll booth on Oct. 12, injuring 3 and closing the Panamerican—Colombia's third car bomb strike in a single week.
News Colombia » Cauca » Government: FARC trying to recover drug route to Pacific: Cauca governor
Recent guerrilla violence in the south-west Colombian Cauca department is due to the FARC‘s attempt to recover an important drug route from central Colombia to the Pacific, said the governor Saturday.
News Colombia » Cauca » Government: An Indigenous take on Colombia’s new gov’t: Interview with a Putumayo Indigenous leader
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay interviewed Marino Peña, a prominent Indigenous leader from Colombia’s Putumayo region, to hear his take on the incoming government’s ...