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 ...
An unending war between feuding guerrilla factions for control of Colombia’s coca-rich southern state of Putumayo continues to claim dozens of lives, with little sign of a strong government response.
A BBC documentary and whistleblower allegations expose decades of unreported oil spills by Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol. Operations by foreign companies Gran Tierra and Amerisur in the ...
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 ...
The Sibundoy Valley in Putumayo, southwestern Colombia, is an ancestral territory inhabited by two sister ethnic groups: the Kamëntšá and the Inga, descendants of the Peruvian Incas. It is also the ...
Copper Giant Resources Corp. reported assay results from four drill holes at its flagship Mocoa copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Putumayo, Colombia ("Mocoa" or the "Mocoa Project"). Infill ...
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 ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
About 80% of the population in Colombia’s Putumayo Department lives in dispersed rural areas. Reaching them requires navigating rivers for five to six hours. “This makes it difficult for the ...