Colombia News » Putumayo News Colombia » Putumayo » Finance: Resurgence of Coca in Putumayo Reflects Colombia’s Failed Strategy
Putumayo department has again emerged as a main coca production center in southern Colombia The south of Putumayo has re-emerged as Colombia’s second-largest coca producing center, following a period ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Finance: 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 » Finance: Colombia’s coca substitution transformed lives, but now farmers fear return of violence
Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, removes a coca plant during his visit to the coca-growing region to speak with farmers about the substitution of illicit crops, in Villagarzon ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Finance: An Indigenous take on Colombia’s new gov’t: Interview with a Putumayo Indigenous leader
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay interviewed Marino Peña, a prominent Indigenous leader from Colombia’s Putumayo region, to hear his take on the incoming government’s ...