Colombia News » Putumayo News Colombia » Putumayo » Culture: Putumayo’s women guardians defend land and culture amid Colombia’s deforestation
The Sibundoy Valley in Putumayo, southwestern Colombia, is an ancestral territory inhabited by two sister ethnic groups: the Kamëntšá and the Inga, descendants of the Peruvian Incas. It is also the ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Culture: Women in Putumayo turn to fish farming and away from the coca industry
If you liked this story, share it with other people. A women-led fish farming initiative in Colombia’s Putumayo department offers an alternative to the coca economy, challenging both environmental ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Culture: 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 » 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: Colombian chef spearheads a food-based bioeconomy in the Colombian Amazon
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Colombian chef Mauricio Velasco Castro, founder of Amazonico restaurant in Mocoa, Putumayo, has turned to the Amazon Rainforest for inspiration and ...
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 ...