Kristina Lyons' new book documents soil and farming in the Colombian Amazon. It is a powerful critique of capitalist agriculture and a rich account of alternative practices.
La Pandemia de Coronavirus ha cambiado las relaciones económicas en la ruralidad de Colombia, haciendo que los campesinos cuestionen economías extractivistas y ofreciendo un modelo alternativo de producción.
Coronavirus has changed economic relations in rural Colombia, pushing campesinos to question extractive economies and offering an alternative model of production.
Despite President Iván Duque's campaign rhetoric about environmental sustainability, his administration has opened up conflict-ridden regions to foreign multinationals.
Peace has become the central axis of political-economic contestation in Colombia, as competing visions of what peace means to different sectors play out in the streets.
A selection of NACLA’s recent coverage of the deep inequality, human rights abuses, and government failures to adequately deliver on the promise of peace undergirding recent protests in Colombia.