Mongabay on MSN3d
An underground gold war in Colombia is ‘a ticking ecological time bomb’
By Joshua Collins Nearly 100 underground tunnels, running a combined length of more than 84 kilometers, or 52 miles, ...
CounterPunch16d
President Biden, Release Simón Trinidad From Prison Now! Let Him Return to Colombia!
President Biden recently pardoned his son Hunter Biden and commuted the sentences of 1499 drug offenders. Analyst Charles ...
El País in English11d
Colombia, the world’s largest exporter of mercenaries: ‘We’re like soccer players. Headhunters look at your work and make you an offer’
Thousands of former military personnel are hired for large sums to fight in wars or to serve as private security abroad. The ...
MercoPress2y
De Roux delivers final report on Colombia's civil war to UN Security Council
“War damages everything it touches, it damages the attacked ones and those who are attacked,” he added. De Roux then proposed a change to the “security system” in force in Colombia.
Voice of America12d
Colombia's ELN rebels announce Christmas truce
Colombia's largest remaining rebel group announced ... with a message saying that "the end of war, is the nation's goal for 2025." The group, known in Spanish as the ELN, was founded in the ...
Morning Star15d
Colombia: War on Want slams murders of strikers
CAMPAIGNING anti-poverty charity War on Want warned yesterday of a “human rights crisis” in Colombia, where striking farmworkers have been attacked and murdered. The strike organised by the Agrarian, ...
The Canadian Press on MSN12d
Colombia's ELN rebels announce Christmas truce
Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group announced a unilateral truce on Sunday, to last until Jan. 3, the first since the previous ceasefire broke down in August. In a statement posted on X, the ...