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In Colombia, Indigenous, peasant and Afro-descendant groups have escalated land occupations in recent months, seeking to ensure the government carries out long-standing land redistribution promises.
Giuseppe Palermo has been wanted under an Interpol red notice, which has called for his arrest in 196 countries.
President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first leftist leader, promised his government would acquire 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land for victims of the country's six-decade conflict, to ...
The government has been slow to deliver land titles to Indigenous people and displaced farmers, a key element of the peace accords.
There are currently 108 land occupations in Colombia, affecting one third of its provinces, the human rights ombudsman's office said last week.
Land rights and special protections for Indigenous communities are entrenched in Colombia’s post-conflict transitional justice measures like the Truth Commission, the Special Jurisdiction for ...
A-hed A Man, His Land Rover and a 20-Year Mission to See Every Corner of His Country Diego Rosselli set out to visit each of Colombia’s 1,103 municipalities, battling bumpy roads and breakdowns ...
Colombia's leftist government will spend $4.25 billion to buy some 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) of land for poor farmers or displaced people, as part of a bid to increase agricultural ...
Colombia's conflict was originally sparked in the 1960s by land rights demands, with Marxist rebels promising to redistribute land and wealth held largely by a small group of elite families.