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.
Guayabero: así se vive la crisis humanitaria por la erradicación de coca
Publicado por El Espectador el 7 de noviembre de 2020.
A community in southwest Meta department seeks to resist FARC dissident groups and government forced eradication teams by declaring a “humanitarian space.”
El descontrol militar en Guayabero deja civiles heridos y el Estado calla
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 30 de julio de 2020.
Forced eradication operations are growing ever more aggressive, as documented in this account from journalists in the Guayabero River region of south-central Colombia.
Mafias pagan 5 millones de pesos por hectárea deforestada en el Meta
Publicado por Semana Sostenible el 8 de julio de 2020.
Reveals the role of dissident groups and cattle ranching in the destruction of forest and national park land in Colombia’s south-central department of Meta.
Tres municipios de Meta en alto riesgo por masiva presencia de grupos armados
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 30 de abril de 2020.
A summary of findings, from the Ombudsman’s Office’s early warning system, about the dire situation in Puerto López, Puerto Gaitán, and Cabuyaro.