Colombia News » Choco News Colombia » Choco: Colombia drills for disaster across 1,046 cities — why August's quake changed everything
Colombia mobilized over 2 million citizens across 1,046 municipalities in a major emergency drill held 72 days after its strongest earthquake since 2000.
News Colombia » Choco: Why Is Choco A Haven for Colombia’s Criminal Groups?
The kidnapping of a military general by FARC rebels operating in Colombia’s Pacific state of Choco — which led to the suspension of peace talks with the government — has shone a spotlight on the ...
News Colombia » Choco: Residents of Colombia's Choco clamor for help as violence flares
CONDOTO, Colombia (Reuters) - More than a hundred residents of Colombia's northwestern municipality of Condoto gathered over the weekend to plead with government officials for help amid fighting ...
News Colombia » Choco: Colombia earthquake: 294 dead, recovery tests new president in conflict-torn Choco
Seven days after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake tore through western Colombia, the confirmed death toll has reached 294 — making this the country's deadliest seismic disaster since 1999 — with 320 people ...
News Colombia » Choco: At least 111 people killed as buildings collapse in Colombia after magnitude 7.4 earthquake
We have paused our live coverage, but further details of the earthquake in Colombia can be found here At least 111 people have been killed and dozens more are injured after a powerful earthquake hits ...
News Colombia » Choco: Colombia’s Choco: From a tropical paradise to a jungle hell
Inhabitants of Colombia’s western Choco province have been on strike for days to demand improvement of their unbearable living conditions. Here is why. For decades, if not centuries, the province has ...
News Colombia » Choco: Violent History Repeats Itself in Colombia’s Strategic Chocó Department
The ELN has denied responsibility for the killing of five civilians in the Colombian department of Chocó. The latest violence shows the zone’s valuable strategic position and highly lucrative criminal ...
News Colombia » Choco: Shakira makes surprise visit in earthquake-damaged Colombia and commits to rebuilding schools
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian superstar Shakira made a surprise visit to a hard-hit region of her home country Monday, announcing multiple commitments to rebuild schools and a university there ...
News Colombia » Choco: A triple crisis: Earthquake takes a heavy toll on Colombia’s impoverished and neglected region
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ismael Arias was headed to the market when the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia last week, sowing death and destruction. His home region of Choco was ...
News Colombia » Choco: REDD in Colombia: using forests to finance conservation and communities in Colombia’s Choco, a former war zone
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a climate change mechanism proposed by the U.N., has been widely lauded for its ...
News Colombia » Choco: Chocó at epicenter of Colombia’s social, environmental conflicts
If you liked this story, share it with other people. From a distance, it looked like a game of baseball, but the reality is that the fighters were training because war could be just around the corner ...