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Colombia Confirms 15 Minors Killed in Army Bombings Against FARC Dissidents

By The City Paper Staff - November 18, 2025

The Colombian government of President Gustavo Petro has acknowledged that at least 15 minors recruited by illegal armed groups were killed in four military operations carried out between August and November, after a report by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine revealed a higher number of child casualties than initially disclosed by the Defence Ministry. […]

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Colombia Accuses Peru of Taking Remote Island on Amazon River

By Richard Emblin - August 5, 2025

Colombia has accused Peru of illegally occupying a disputed island on the Amazon River, escalating tensions between the two neighbors. President Gustavo Petro claims Peru violated a 1934 treaty by creating the district of Santa Rosa de Loreto. Peru rejects the claim, asserting full sovereignty over its territory.

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Amazon drought hits indigenous communities of Leticia and Puerto Nariño

By The City Paper Staff - October 2, 2024

Severe drought in the Amazon is causing critical water shortages, with river levels dropping by 80% across vast sections of the Amazon River. The Colombian port city of Leticia and neighboring indigenous communities are among the worst affected, as vital trade routes from Brazil and Peru have been disrupted.

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Oropouche virus emerges as public health threat in Colombia

By The City Paper Staff - August 5, 2024

The Oropouche virus (OROV) has been detected in Colombia for the first time, prompting concern among health authorities. As of July 30, 2024, a total of 8,078 cases have been reported across five countries in the Americas, including Colombia, Brazil, and Cuba.

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Saving the Amazon Awards 2024: Celebrating reforestation and conservation efforts

By The City Paper Staff - June 17, 2024

The first edition of the Saving the Amazon Awards was held in Bogotá and recognized reforestation and conservation projects across Colombia, as well as innovative environmental projects the support indigenous Amazonian communities.

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The heron of Calanoa, Amazonas

By The City Paper Staff - February 2, 2022

Photographer Louis Vest captured this moment in the riverine hamlet of Calanoa, at the heart of the Colombian Amazon.

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Traditional dances of La Chorrera nominated for Intangible Patrimony of Colombia

By The City Paper Staff - November 29, 2021

The traditional dances of the indigenous peoples who inhabit La Chorrera, Amazonas, have been nominated as Intangible Patrimony of Colombia.

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Colombia’s Amazonas reports zero fatalities from Covid-19

By Richard Emblin - September 10, 2021

As coronavirus cases decelerate across Colombia, the departmental capital of Amazonas, Leticia, reported on Thursday zero fatalities from the virus.

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Leticia flights to resume given vaccine immunity in Colombian Amazon

By Richard Emblin - April 21, 2021

Closed to the rest of the country for almost five months, Colombia is reconnecting with Leticia, Amazonas, given success in covid immunity.

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Epicenter of COVID-19 in Colombia shifts from Leticia to Cartagena as cases reach 18,330

By The City Paper Staff - May 21, 2020

From its origin in Bogotá to outbreaks Cali and Leticia as cases of coronavirus reach 18,330 the country’s new epicenter is Cartagena.

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Colombian healthcare workers risking life with COVID-19 on International Nurses Day

By The City Paper Staff - May 12, 2020

Nurses are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the world marks International Nurses Day, Colombian healthcare providers are risking their lives to save lives.

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Big Picture: Approaching storm on the Amazon River

By Michael Evans - April 23, 2020

Nationwide quarantines are giving nature much-needed rest from tourism especially in the biodiverse Colombian Amazon where this Big Picture was taken.

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Leticia’s Ethnographic Museum is a window on Amazon culture

By The City Paper Staff - December 29, 2015

Colombia’s newly re-opened Ethnographic Museum in Leticia takes visitors on a journey through the Amazon past and present.

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The Enduring Language of Amazonian Body Art in Colombia’s Vaupés

By The City Paper Staff - November 4, 2015

The hauntingly-beautiful ceremonial attire of the Yucuna tribe in the Vaupés department captured by photographer Piers Calvert.

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