In Colombia, the cultivation of coca, the main ingredient of cocaine, has nearly tripled over the past five years. As part of the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country has embarked on a unique experiment to try to end coca farming and production, but freeing… Continue reading Colombia: From Cocaine to Cacao (9 Jan 2020)
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Fedevivienda – Colombia 1984
In 1984, a national consortium of housing organizations was helping provide housing and development support across Colombia. The consortium was named Fedevivienda. In summary, a group of people (family, friends, neighbors) could form a local housing association which would begin as a cooperative building project to create the housing on land they would collectively own.… Continue reading Fedevivienda – Colombia 1984