When President Gustavo Petro took office in 2022, he aimed to bring about comprehensive peace in Colombia. But this now seems a remote dream amid the latest violence. DW presents questions and answers ...

The criminal organization has built strong alliances with illegal groups from neighboring countries. For many members, the ...

Globally, powerful solutions are emerging by blending indigenous farming practices with modern agricultural innovations.

Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...

Projects are sometimes initiated without Indigenous knowledge or consent, says Pablo De La Cruz, an adviser at Gaia Amazonas, a Colombia-based organization that works with Indigenous peoples on ...

Latin America is the most dangerous region in the world for environmental defenders, according to a new report released by the Global Witness NGO on Wednesday. The environmental crime watchdog ...

The artwork is located on rocky outcroppings at Cerro Azul in Serranía de la Lindosa, a cliff in Colombia ... earliest evidence of humans in western Amazonia, dating back 12,500 years," lead ...

A bonfire crackles in the center of an Indigenous open-air pavilion atop a hill in the Putumayo jungle, adding warmth to the already sweltering Amazonian heat. The sound of homemade jingle bells fills ...

Image courtesy of the National Natural Parks System of Colombia. Successive Venezuelan ... 70,000 Venezuelans were living in Roraima and Amazonas, with some 33,000 in makeshift shelters and ...

Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File) Residents transport drinking water from Humaita to the Paraizinho community, along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, amid ...

Scientists worldwide face growing safety risks from governments, corporations and even drug cartels, prompting urgent calls ...