Category Archives: US and Latin America projects

Colombia: Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Hope

Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Hope (FAO)

During five decades of war, millions of Colombians left their homes to escape executions, kidnappings and land seizures by armed groups. 

When the violence finally waned, many wanting to return found their homes were inhabited by someone else, or lost to the wilderness.

Colombia: Urban War

Colombia: Urban War (CNN)

As paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas bring their war to town, citizens of Colombia's oil center ask, Whose side is the government on?