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 ...

Colombia wants to buy land from private owners and redistribute it among the poor after the country’s 50-year-old is over, the government announced.

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.

CORINTO, Colombia, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A machete slung across his chest, sugarcane worker Aldemar Moreno guards the entrance to the farm where he has been employed for 23 years, ready to defend it ...

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 UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

Following the commitments made by President Gustavo Petro during his official visit to Haiti on January 22, 2025, the ...

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.

There are currently 108 land occupations in Colombia, affecting one third of its provinces, the human rights ombudsman's office said last week.

MONTERIA, Colombia - 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 ...