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Conflict in Guaviare and Other Key Amazon News

Summary by La Silla Vacía
In Lower Putumayo, the Asaí is gaining value as an economic alternative to coca crops, but its rise poses a tension: there is a risk that the forest will be deforested to be planted on a large scale. This becomes more relevant if the Brazilians enter the game. La Silla traveled to Puerto Asis to learn about this situation. El Guaviare is today the epicenter of the dispute between the dissidents of alias “Calarcá” and alias “Iván Mordisco”, who d…
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An improvised rope crosses from side to side a road that opens its way in the Amazon jungle of Colombia. It serves as a barrier in one of the informal tolls that there is along 159 kilometers of trocha that connects the municipalities of Calamar and El Returno with Miraflores, in the department of Guaviare. Rosa*, the one in charge of giving way, assures that, in order to cross, the cars must give a contribution of COP$15 000 (3.8 dollars), the …

In Lower Putumayo, the Asaí is gaining value as an economic alternative to coca crops, but its rise poses a tension: there is a risk that the forest will be deforested to be planted on a large scale. This becomes more relevant if the Brazilians enter the game. La Silla traveled to Puerto Asis to learn about this situation. El Guaviare is today the epicenter of the dispute between the dissidents of alias “Calarcá” and alias “Iván Mordisco”, who d…

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La Silla Vacía broke the news in on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
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