Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk - Embassy of the Colombian Amazon

Organized Crime and Militarization Now Affect 32% of Indigenous Amazon Territory, Report Finds

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Jul 30, 2026 | Amazon News Watch, Brazil, Indigenous Sovereignty, Indigenous Territories and Rights, Organized Crime & Armed Groups

Armed Factions Control Illegal Gold Mines on Sararé Indigenous Land, Displacing Health and Education Services

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Jul 30, 2026 | Amazon News Watch, Brazil, Gold Mining & Garimpo, Indigenous Sovereignty, Indigenous Territories and Rights, Organized Crime & Armed Groups, Resource Extraction

The Name Guatapé: What the Reservoir Buried, and What Survived

by Colombian Amazon Journal Investigations Desk | Jul 12, 2026 | Uncategorized

Millions of people visit Guatapé every year. They come for La Piedra del Peñol, the monolithic rock that rises from the surrounding landscape, and for the reservoir: 62,000 hectares of green water threading through the mountains of eastern Antioquia. Almost none of...