Published by Mongabay on December 10, 2020.
An indigenous group first contacted in the 1980s is being hit hard by deforestation, the coca trade, and violent groups.
Palm oil, coca and gangs close in on Colombia’s Indigenous Nukak Makú
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Campesinos del Guayabero reclaman atención integral del Estado
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 4 de diciembre de 2020.
Campesinos in the Guayabero River region of southern Meta department are organized against state neglect and forced coca eradication.
Con baldíos a empresas, Duque golpea el Acuerdo y favorece a grandes empresarios
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 24 de septiembre de 2020.
An investigation of a Duque government policy to transfer some unclaimed lands to large-scale agribusinesses, which contravenes the peace accord’s “rural reform” principles.
Los Mattos: retrato de una familia para enmarcar
Profile of brothers from an elite family in Cesar, an emblematic case of land concentration and support for paramilitarism.
El Alcalde antirrestitución de El Carmen de Bolívar
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 31 de agosto de 2020.
El Cármen de Bolívar is a municipality in the Montes de María region that suffered massive displacement and notorious paramilitary massacres in the early 2000s. The new mayor, Carlos Torres Cohen, opposes land restitution.
La parábola de los campesinos reclamantes de tierra del Naya
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 23 de abril de 2020.
The story of displacement and resistance of Afro-descendant, indigenous, and campesino communities along the Naya River, which forms the border between Valle del Cauca and Cauca departments.
‘La resistencia del indio’ es caminar por el territorio minero
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 22 de abril de 2020.
A portrayal of indigenous communities resisting mining projects in southern Córdoba department.
José Adalberto Torijano, un Luchador por los Derechos del Campesinado
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 20 de abril de 2020.
Profile of a Cauca campesino leader killed by the Army in 2017, and his effort to establish a Campesino Guard and reserve zones for small landholders.