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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 » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: Colombia Army Hits Gold Dredges on Putumayo
Colombia's Army destroyed illegal gold-dredging gear in Putumayo that it links to an armed group, while Peru and the US step up border cooperation.
News Colombia » Putumayo » History: Deep in Colombia, Rebels and Soldiers Fight for the Same Prize: Drugs
The country signed a historic peace deal more than five years ago. But a power vacuum is fueling the rise of new armed groups competing to control the drug trade. Members of the Comandos de la ...