Colombia News » Putumayo News Colombia » Putumayo » Security: 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 » Security: Peace Dissipates as the Cocaine War Intensifies in Putumayo
An escalating rivalry between former FARC groups for control of cocaine production has ended a brief period of tranquillity in Colombia’s southern department of Putumayo. SEE ALSO: Ex-FARC Mafia’s 1st ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Security: Colombia extradites rebel leader to US as its security strategy aligns with Washington
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian warlord, whose extradition to the United States had been delayed for several months while he was designated a peace negotiator by the country's previous government, ...
News Colombia » Putumayo » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: 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 ...