Colombia News » Putumayo News Colombia » Putumayo: The Perpetual Cocaine War of Colombia’s Putumayo
A new outbreak of violence between dissident factions of the FARC in Putumayo. Once a guerrilla stronghold, the southern Colombia coca-growing department of Putumayo is experiencing a new outbreak of ...
News Colombia » Putumayo: Peace Leaders in Putumayo, Colombia Bet Their Lives on Coca Crop Substitution
Community leaders in Colombia’s Putumayo department have historically supported coca substitution programs as part of peace processes aimed at resolving the country’s long-running civil conflict. But ...
News Colombia » Putumayo: Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Colombia's Putumayo region
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 14 (UNHCR) - Forced displacement remains a major problem in southern Colombia's volatile Putumayo department, according to a report by six local and international ...
News Colombia » Putumayo: Inside the Indigenous ‘Land Back’ Movement in Colombia
Putumayo has the most applications for land titles, or rights to land ownership, in Colombia. Ancestral territories make up a quarter of all applications in Putumayo to legally recognize the ...
News Colombia » Putumayo: Colombian C-130 military plane carrying 110 soldiers crashes in the south
A Colombian military C-130 Hercules crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Leguizamo in the southern Putumayo region on March 23, 2026, killing at least 66 people and leaving four others missing.
News Colombia » Putumayo: Putumayo’s women guardians defend land and culture amid Colombia’s deforestation
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to ...
News Colombia » Putumayo: Colombia's Indigenous have a business plan to stop drugs, save forest
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 » Putumayo: Colombia: Putumayo, 5 years later
Plan Colombia and Beyond takes a look at the Putomayo region of Colombia five years after the implementation of Plan Colombia and concludes, “the lesson of Putumayo should be that temporary surges in ...