Colombia News » Choco News Colombia » Choco » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: Shakira heads to Chocó, the region hit hardest by Colombia's earthquake, to stand with the victims
One week out from the earthquake that shook Colombia to its core, Shakira is returning home. On Monday, the singer travels to Chocó, the area that bore the brunt of the magnitude-7.4 quake that struck ...
News Colombia » Choco » Events: 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 ...