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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Putumayo, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 34stories have been published about Putumayo which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Putumayo, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 34stories have been published about Putumayo which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Floods · Putumayo

It Overflowed in Putumayo and Caused Serious Damage and Anguish in the Community - Tubarco Noticias

It overflowed in Putumayo and caused serious damage and anguish in the TuBarco community News The heavy rains caused flooding and a serious emergency in the municipality of Colón. News Colombia. A strong avalanche recorded in the early morning of Saturday, July 12th, seriously affected the municipality of Colón, in the department of Putumayo. The natural phenomenon broke out after the dam of the ravine Afilangayaco in the San Sebastián village, …See the Story

Avalanche · Mocoa

Court Holds the State Responsible for Failing to Prevent an Avalanche that Was Razed by Mocoa

The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca held the State responsible for the omissions that allowed the avalanche that raged Mocoa between March 31 and April 1, 2017, leaving more than 600 people dead and thousands of homes destroyed. The ruling, at first instance, establishes that the catastrophe was a “fully predictable event.” The Nation, through the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), Corpoamazonía, the Department of Putumayo …See the Story

Putumayo · Putumayo

An Indigenous Woman From Putumayo Opens Her Way as a Presenter of Rtvc in the Tv Competition

Sandra Chindoy salutes in her Kamëntšá language, dresses as her own in Sibundoy and the firmness highlights in the news RTVC the public channel directed by Holman Morris The article An indigenous woman from Putumayo opens her way as a presenter in the TV competition in Colombia was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.coRead Article

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Putumayo Peace Council Defines Road Map and Key Actions

The Departmental Council for Peace, Reconciliation, Co-existence, Human Rights and IHL of Putumayo held its first structured session of the year, chaired by the secretary of government and governor in charge, Luis Fernando Palacios. During the day, the Action Plan 2025 was approved, the main challenges associated with the armed conflict, the defense of human rights and the need to articulate institutional and community agendas with a territorial…Putumayo · PutumayoRead Article

Indigenous communities left in the dark on carbon scheme on their land

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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the Colombian Amazon, an environmental initiative touted as a climate-saving project has turned into a tale of exploitation, lack of transparency, and broken promises, according to an investigation by the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) and […]Environment · PutumayoRead Article

The 3 Foreign Oil Companies that Together with Ecopetrol Resist in Putumayo Between Coca and Violence

The gringa Geopark made a strategic retreat, still there the Canadians of Great Earth and Parex faced difficulties but attracted by black gold The article The 3 foreign oil companies that together with Ecopetrol resist in Putumayo between coca and violence was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.coOil and Gas Sector · PutumayoRead Article

MinInterior Demands Lifting Blockades in Putumayo in Order to Negotiate

Today, the Deputy Minister of Social Dialogue of the Interior, Gabriel Rondón, reiterated that the government will not advance in new negotiations with the movement as long as the blockades continue in the corridor Villagarzón – Mocoa – Pitalito. Since June 3, the social organizations of Putumayo under the leadership of the movement “Putumayo en Movimiento – Unidad Popular” are in permanent assembly. They say it is a “legitimate expression in th…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

Conflict in Guaviare and Other Key Amazon News

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…Amazon · PutumayoSee the Story

Colombian Army Destroyed 800 Kilos of Explosives to Prevent Thousands of Mines - AlbertoNews - Journalism without Censorship

More than 800 kilos of explosives with which two thousand and 500 anti-personnel mines can be manufactured were destroyed by members of the Army in a rural area of the Colombian department of Putumayo, military sources reported on Wednesday, June 18. The explosives were allegedly owned by the Border Commands, a dissidence of the Farc with which the Colombian Government maintains peace dialogues. The Army said in a statement that in sustained ope…Arsenal FC · PutumayoSee the Story

Former Governor of Putumayo Will Be the New Deputy Minister of Mines

The resume of Sorrel Parisa Aroca, governor of Putumayo from 2016 to 2019, was published on the page of the Ministry of Mines and Energy to occupy the post of Vice-Minister of the portfolio, a step prior to the official designation. Aroca is a lawyer at the Universidad Libre de Colombia, with a specialization in Energy Mining Law of the External. He was also a contractor, adviser and coordinator at the Colombian Fund for Peace, and contractor at…Putumayo · PutumayoRead Article

They Find Missing Person's Body in the 'Death Trampoline' After a Van Accident that Fell Into an Abyss

They find missing person’s body in the ‘Death Trampoline’ after a van accident that fell into an abyss TuBarco News Sinister left three victims. News Colombia. The road connecting Mocoa with San Francisco, in the department of Putumayo, was once again stained with tragedy. Known as the ‘death trampoline’ because of its history of accidents and extreme conditions, on Monday, June 2 took the lives of three people travelling in a cargo van. Serious…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

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