The Deforestation Gangs of Colombia
In the country's southeast Guaviare department, harvested wood rots on the ground while gangs and drug traffickers take over the land for illegal mining and agriculture.
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Viewfinder: Smoking as a Sign of Protest in Colombia
Activists smoke joints during a protest against the imposing of fines for smoking marijuana by police according to their new code, in Bogota, on August 1st, 2017.
A Record Number of Environmentalists Were Murdered in 2016
Last year, 200 environmentalists across 24 countries were murdered—up from 185 across 16 countries in 2015.
How Bananas Became Big—and Dangerous—Business in Colombia
Two ongoing cases represent the country's new resistance to multinational influence.
Climate Change Is Threatening to Exterminate the Wayúu People
In northeastern Colombia, corruption, climate change, and coal mining have collided to unleash a fatal drought. By Daniel…
Seeking Peace in Medellín’s House of Memory
How a radically democratic museum experience in Colombia is helping citizens reckon with the history — and ongoing perils — of civil…
Justice, Interrupted
Some Colombian paramilitary leaders accused of brutal human rights violations will not face justice—or their victims' families—until they've served sentences for American drug charges.
‘The Worst War Criminals in the Western Hemisphere’
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
The Rise of the Trash-Picker Collective, in Latin America and Beyond
Millions around the world are improving their financial lot by sifting recycling—and they're saving their towns in the process.