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ACOTUR: Tourism as an Instrument of Regional Recovery

By Richard Emblin -

As Popayán prepares to host the VIII ACOTUR Sustainable Tourism Summit, Cauca is seeking to turn its extraordinary agricultural biodiversity, cultural heritage and nature-based tourism potential into an engine for rural development, international investment and economic opportunity. POPAYÁN — For a department that has endured decades of armed conflict, displacement and economic marginalization, the prospect […]

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Truck Bomb Explodes Near Patía on Colombia’s Pan-American Highway

By The City Paper Staff -

An explosives-laden dump truck targeting a police substation in El Estrecho, southwest Cauca, was detonated before security forces could intercept it, resulting in one victim, six injured and damaging nearby homes and businesses. POPAYÁN – An explosives-laden dump truck exploded Wednesday morning near a police substation in El Estrecho, municipality of Patía, in Colombia’s southwest  […]

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Puracé keeps Colombia on alert after volcanic eruptions across the Pacific

By The City Paper Staff -

Colombia’s Puracé volcano remains under an orange alert after another episode of seismic activity was recorded in the southwestern department of Cauca on Sunday night, adding to a sustained period of volcanic unrest that has included ash emissions, volcanic tremor, gas releases and slow deformation of the ground. A magnitude-4.1 earthquake was recorded at 8:58 […]

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Puracé Volcano in Southwest Colombia Shows Increased Seismic Activity

By The City Paper Staff -

The Puracé volcano in southwest Colombia has registered a noticeable uptick in seismic and gas-emission activity over the last 24-hours, prompting authorities to maintain heightened monitoring of one of the country’s most active volcanic systems. The Colombian Geological Service, known as the SGC, said the latest measurements indicate an increase in seismic signals associated with […]

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