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Guaviare has felt the brunt of worsened deforestation since the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC Recent investigations in Colombia have found that government leaders and landowners in Colombia’s ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: Guaviare: Colombia’s frontline in the country’s battle to stop deforestation in the Amazon
Almost 90 percent of the municipalities that have been deemed as needing special attention post-conflict are home to national parks, forest reserves, or have other environmental restrictions within ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: Bird-watching offers potential for conservation & economy in Colombia’s Guaviare
Bird-watching has become one of the world’s fastest-growing tourist activities in recent years, and efforts are being made in Colombia, home to the highest number of species of any country in the ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: Colombia’s frontlines of the drug war: Guaviare
Colombia is combating coca cultivation, the lowest echelon of the cocaine trade, in Guaviare, a province with a history dominated by drug trafficking. The Guaviare province is located in the southwest ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: Colombia violence: What triggered the deadly clash between guerrilla groups that left 27 dead?
India, Jan. 19 -- At least 27 members of a guerrilla group were killed in fierce clashes with a rival faction in southwestern Colombia, military officials reported on Sunday. The violence broke out in ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: A Second Chance for Peace in Colombia Is Slipping Away
Ms. Dickinson is an expert on armed groups and organized crime in Latin America. She wrote from Bogotá, Colombia. A few years ago, one of the greatest risks of driving through Colombia’s southern ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: Colombia's rightward shift? Inside de la Espriella's election bid
The embankment was barely a sliver, wedged between lanes of traffic in the southern town of San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. But on a recent June evening, in spite of the drizzle and dark, the grassy ...
News Colombia » Guaviare: Why farmers see Colombia’s knife-edge election as a battle for the Amazon’s future
Many small-scale landowners now include conservation measures alongside everyday farming. But progress is precarious, and the threat of guerrilla violence and poverty remain whichever candidate wins ...