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19.08.26 - 11:18
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′We now live without this violence′: the Colombian farmers giving up coca for palm oil (The Guardian)
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Subsidies and a crackdown on armed groups are helping smallholders rebuild their lives, leaving behind decades of conflict and fearSurrounded by towering oil palm trees on his farm in the small village of Caño Barbú, near San Pablo in northern Colombia, Yoger Payares uses a malayo – a pole-mounted iron tool with a hook – to hack at the fronds of one, freeing a bunch of its vibrant reddish-orange fruit so it falls to the ground.Today, Payares proudly works in the oil palm industry. But for more than a decade, just yards away, he grew coca leaves, becoming embroiled in the illicit industry in 1990 after leaving his job as a cattle farmer. Continue reading......
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18.08.26 - 09:45
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Erdbeben-Schäden in Kolumbien auf Milliarden geschätzt (DPA-AFX)
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BOGOTÁ (dpa-AFX) - Das heftige Erdbeben in Kolumbien hat laut einer ersten Schätzung Milliarden-Schäden in dem südamerikanischen Land angerichtet. Die Gesamtschäden in den betroffenen Regionen im Westen des Landes beliefen sich auf etwa 30 Billionen Pesos ......
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18.08.26 - 00:09
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Colombia Begins Mass Mobilization Against Terror Group As Moscow Warns Of New "Anti-Russia Provocation In Latin America" (ZeroHedge)
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Colombia Begins Mass Mobilization Against Terror Group As Moscow Warns Of New "Anti-Russia Provocation In Latin America"
Trump-backed Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has wasted no time combating Marxist terrorist groups in a country that is part of the US-led "Shield of the Americas," an initiative aimed at eliminating transnational drug cartels and preventing weaponized migration flows toward the US.
De la Espriella recently announced joint US military operations targeting the far-left terror networks, as footage posted on Instagram by local media outlet Primicia Caribe shows what appears to be a mobilization of Colombian troops.
?| ?? ATENCIÓN COLOMBIA. El Escudo de las Américas, rumbo al #Catatumbo, con el objetivo claro de combatir a las guerrillas y recuperar el territorio. pic.twitter.com/E9JCiyvsf0
— Liliana Franco (@lilianaf523) August 17, 2026
In recent days, Colombia's far-left ELN guerrilla group threatened de la Espriella's new gov...
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