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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: 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: Colombian guerrillas often lure away children. Rugby offers youths an alternative.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
News Colombia » Choco: REDD in Colombia: using forests to finance conservation and communities in Colombia’s Choco, a former war zone
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a climate change mechanism proposed by the U.N., has been widely lauded for its potential to simultaneously deliver a variety of benefits ...
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: At least 37 dead in Colombia landslides
Landslides in Colombia’s northwestern area of Chocó have killed at least 37 people, authorities from the Prosecutor’s Office told CNN en Español on Saturday. The latest report did not say how many had ...