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De la Espriella—a large landowner who poses as a “full-time peasant”—has campaigned on hate rhetoric, stigmatizing leftists and social movements while promising to escalate state force. His incoming Minister of …
The Colombian Peasant Movement in the Face of the New Political Situation Read More
Colombia’s next president will either be leftist senator Iván Cepeda or far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, whose former clients include drug traffickers. The two will go head to head in …
The return of class politics: What Colombia’s election reveals about the left Read More
In Muzo, luck and chance are like two more neighbors in town — old, familiar faces. People buy and sell raffles, lottery tickets, or betting slips in the hope of …
Colombian emerald fever hits TikTok: A journey to Muzo, the source of the world’s most valuable gems Read More
The Amazon rainforest in southern Colombia stretches lush and green across the horizon, but beneath its dense canopy lies a shifting reality. The southern province of Putumayo – a remote …
Women-led fish farming in Colombia becomes alternative to drug crops Read More
“Coca leaf prices are down and cocoa prices are up.” It’s as simple as that, says cocoa farmer Óscar Gómez, who close to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated …
Cocoa price surge in global market lures Colombian farmers away from coca cultivation Read More
The German and Colombian governments both have detailed decarbonization strategies to take on climate change. Still, the real beneficiary of this green transition is actually based in Switzerland. Almost a year …
Glencore a big winner of Germany’s Colombian coal binge Read More