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17 injured after army occupies southwest Colombia guerrilla …
Oct 14, 2024 · Government promises investment in town surrounded by coca. Seventeen people were injured in a drone attack that followed a military operation that uprooted guerrilla groups from a town in southwest Colombia. The drone attack on El Plateado was the guerrillas’ first response to the occupation by the armed forces, which reportedly employed as ...
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Latest news from Colombia. Colombia wants to supports farmers after expelling guerrillas from coca-crowing region
Extrajudicial executions statistics | Colombia Reports
Jun 14, 2019 · Colombia’s so-called “false positives” scandal is centered around the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians by the military that dressed their victims as guerrillas to present them as combat kills to the media. While governmental and non-governmental organizations had been denouncing the practice for years, the Colombian government of then-President Alvaro Uribe denied the ...
Poverty and inequality - Colombia Reports
Sep 25, 2023 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped slightly in 2022, the statistics agency DANE said in its annual report. According to the DANE, almost 19 million people lived off less than $97,94 (COP396,864) per month last year.
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Colombia wants to supports farmers after expelling guerrillas from coca-crowing region. October 22, 2024. President Gustavo Petro announced that his government plans to buy coca from farmers while they are integrated into Colombia’s legal economy. The announcement immediately spurred controversy, because of international legislation….
Understanding the causes of Colombia’s conflict: political exclusion
Jan 5, 2015 · A central aspect of today’s peace talks. Since the 19th century, Liberals and Conservatives have dominated the political landscape, and the exclusion of other significant forces in political should be seen as a central cause of the conflict in Colombia. Just recently, the FARC explicitly cited the phenomenon as such in a communique: “the ...
Weekly news update - Colombia Reports
Weekly news update - Colombia News | Colombia Reports. Colombia’s military eliminates joint task forces. Former president maintains control over Colombia’s Liberal Party. UN Security Council extends monitoring of Colombia’s peace... Defense minister believes Pegasus spyware no longer used... Colombia’s Senate agrees to begin ...
How political exclusion affects Colombia’s black minority
Mar 6, 2014 · A historic lack of political representation in Colombia’s political system is one of the key focuses in the ongoing social, political and economic struggle of the Afro-Colombian community. With 5 million people, or 10.6% of the total population, Colombia has the largest Afro-descendant population in Latin America, behind only Brazil ...
Colombia’s estimated cocaine exports highest in history of drug …
Jun 14, 2021 · Colombia’s potential cocaine production reached a new historic high, the United Nations reported as President Ivan Duque continues to bungle his counternarcotics policy. In its annual report, the United Nations of Drugs and Crime said that drug traffickers were able to produce 1,228 metric tons last year, an 8% increase compared to 2019.