Colombia News » Putumayo News Colombia » Putumayo » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: ‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders
PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) — Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s Putumayo River — a home she hasn’t slept in for more than eight years. The longtime ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Life: 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 » Life: Colombia. Putumayo: La masacre del general
Hace ya casi un año que ocurrió la masacre en la vereda El Alto Remanso, en Puerto Leguizamo, un municipio del departamento del Putumayo, fronterizo con Brasil, en la ruta del río Putumayo hacia ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Life: Colombia military plane crash as '110 soldiers' on board in Putumayo tragedy
A Hercules military aircraft, reportedly carrying 110 Colombian soldiers, tragically crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday. Officials have confirmed that 20 individuals have been found in the ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Life: Colombia military plane crash: Death toll rises to 66 in Putumayo
The death toll from Colombian military aircraft crash in the southern Putumayo region reached to 66 on Tuesday, with at least 57 others injured, according to local media reports citing military ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Life: 'It’s Not Safe to Live Here.' Colombia Is Deadliest Country for Environmental Defenders
'It’s Not Safe to Live Here.' Colombia Is Deadliest Country for Environmental Defenders PUERTO ASIS, Colombia (AP) — Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s ...