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News Colombia » Putumayo » Social: Peace Leaders in Putumayo, Colombia Bet Their Lives on Coca Crop Substitution

News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/peace-leaders-putumayo-colombia-coca-crop-substitution/

Published on: Wednesday 01 March 2023

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 » Social: Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Colombia's Putumayo region

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/stories/report-highlights-humanitarian-concerns-colombias-putumayo-region

Published on: Sunday 13 July 2008

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 » Social: Putumayo’s women guardians defend land and culture amid Colombia’s deforestation

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/putumayos-women-guardians-defend-land-and-culture-amid-colombias-deforestation/

Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

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 » Social: Colombia: Los grupos armados someten a las comunidades en Putumayo

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/es/news/2025/12/05/colombia-los-grupos-armados-someten-a-las-comunidades-en-putumayo

Published on: Thursday 04 December 2025

(Washington, D. C.) – Los grupos armados en el departamento de Putumayo, en el sur de Colombia, han reforzado su control sobre la vida cotidiana de los ciudadanos y cometido graves abusos contra la ...

News Colombia » Putumayo » Social: New Names, Old Tricks for ex-FARC Mafia in Colombia’s Putumayo

News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/news/the-ex-farc-mafia-changes-names-not-activities-in-colombia/

Published on: Tuesday 22 September 2020

Comandos de la Frontera seems to be a group created by other criminal actors in Putumayo Recent reports of a criminal group calling itself the Border Commandos in Colombian’s southern Putumayo ...

News Colombia » Putumayo » Social: Colombia: Putumayo, 5 years later

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2005/08/01/colombia-putumayo-5-years-later/

Published on: Monday 01 August 2005

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 » Social: Colombia. La masacre del Putumayo

News channel or source: https://kaosenlared.net/colombia-la-masacre-del-putumayo/

Published on: Tuesday 31 May 2022

Tal vez por la penosa asociación que a lo largo de su historia ha debido tener con ella, hay una palabra que el pueblo colombiano incorporó en su genética como la más odiosa del idioma español. Uno ...

News Colombia » Putumayo » Social: Colombia Mayor: Prosperidad Social amplió el cobro del quinto ciclo de pagos hasta finales de junio, así pueden reclamar el beneficio

News channel or source: https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/06/24/colombia-mayor-prosperidad-social-amplio-el-cobro-del-quinto-ciclo-de-pagos-hasta-finales-de-junio-asi-pueden-reclamar-el-beneficio/

Published on: Tuesday 23 June 2026

El programa Colombia Mayor extendió hasta el 30 de junio de 2026 el plazo para que los cerca de 3 millones de personas mayores beneficiarias puedan reclamar las transferencias correspondientes al ...

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