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.
December 10, 2020
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.
December 4, 2020
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.”
November 7, 2020
Caption: “Una vez más las tropas de la #CuartaDivisión del @COL_EJERCITO
en el Guaviare y sur del Meta, logran golpear al grupo armado organizado residual Estructura Primera.”
August 5, 2020
Caption: “Durante este Gobierno se han logrado aprobar, a través del OCAD Paz, 386 proyectos por $2.3 billones, de los cuales el 50% van a los municipios PDET. Gracias a esto le estamos cumpliendo a las comunidades más vulnerables”
August 5, 2020
Caption: “Mantenemos la lucha frontal contra los cultivos ilícitos en los departamentos de Meta, Caquetá y Guaviare. ¡No nos detenemos!”
August 2, 2020
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.
July 30, 2020
Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 30 de julio de 2020.
A discussion of how the armed conflict has affected Afro-descendant communities in Colombia’s eastern plains.
July 30, 2020
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 29 de julio de 2020.
A look at the aggressive coca eradication operation taking place in the Guayabero River region of south-central Colombia.
July 29, 2020
Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 22 de julio de 2020.
The Truth Commission hosts a discussion of forced coca eradication, with community leaders from Guaviare and Meta.
July 22, 2020
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.
July 8, 2020
Caption: “Tropas de la #SéptimaBrigada del @COL_EJERCITO, ubicaron en las últimas horas un depósito con abundante material de guerra y explosivos pertenecientes al grupo armado organizado residual GAO-r Estructura Séptima.”
July 7, 2020
Publicado por la Comisión de la Verdad el 6 de julio de 2020.
A short film about the effort to recover memory of victims in Meta department’s Alto Ariari region.
July 6, 2020
Coca-growing farmers confront a forced eradication operation, begun on May 26 and carried out by the military’s Omega Joint Task Force, Narcotics Police, and Police Anti-Disturbances Squadron (ESMAD) personnel in Tercer Milenio, Vistahermosa municipality, Meta. The security forces wound at least six farmers, some of them seriously. An Army statement alleges that the farmers were obligated to resist by FARC dissidents (“Gentil Duarte’s” group). The National Coordinator of Cultivators (COCCAM) contends that campesinos in this community had repeatedly voiced their desire to substitute their crops voluntarily.
June 4, 2020
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.
April 30, 2020
February 23, 2020
