Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation ...

Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of 30 Indigenous communities in the Amazon, ordering protection measures due to mercury contamination from gold mining that threatens their health, ...

Lured by Colombia’s competitive tax incentives, ‘Titan’ producer Jeremy Bolt decided on Colombia after meeting with Jaguar ...

Colombia's deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, ... The Amazon remains Colombia’s most affected region, accounting for 69% of the country's deforestation.

According to the environment ministry, of the 107,000 hectares (about 264,403 acres) deforested in Colombia in 2024, 68,000 hectares (about 168,032 acres) were in the Amazon. This is also where 22 ...

Ivan Valencia. People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

- Manuel Ranoque, the father of two Indigenous children who survived an Amazon plane crash speaks to the media from the entrance of the military hospital where the children ...

The map highlights the Amacayacu National Park, on the southeastern tip of Colombia, by the Amazon River. It also shows Mocagua, the closest village to the park. 500 miles. Pacific.

In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, ...

LETICIA, Colombia (AP) — Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their ...

People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

LETICIA, Colombia (AP) — Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their ...