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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 » Culture: 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 » Culture: Colombia: Armed Groups Strangle Southern Communities
(Washington, DC) – Armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo, have tightened their control over citizens’ daily lives and committed grave abuses against civilians, particularly in ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Culture: 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 » Culture: 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 ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Culture: Colombian chef spearheads a food-based bioeconomy in the Colombian Amazon
Colombian chef Mauricio Velasco Castro, founder of Amazonico restaurant in Mocoa, Putumayo, has turned to the Amazon Rainforest for inspiration and identity; he hopes to help build a bioeconomy ...