La Guajira, the oft-forgotten, arid northeast corner of Colombia is one of Colombia’s most contentious and provides a window into the complexity of the current battles underway between organized ...

Manaure, Colombia – The coastal ponds stretched over the horizon, their shallow blue waters dotted with shimmering pyramids of white — each one a pile of artisanal salt waiting to be collected. In the ...

The Wayúu people of La Guajira have always faced water scarcity. But now severe drought has brought disease and a shortage of food Photographs by Angela Ponce for Save the Children in La Guajira, ...

Granadillo is a member of the Wayuu people, the largest Indigenous group in Colombia, and an outreach worker for the energy company Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB). The company wants to build a major power ...

The strategic Colombian peninsula of La Guajira, a sought after departure point for drugs heading across the Caribbean, may be up for grabs once more with the arrest of the gang leader who controlled ...

In the state of La Guajira, ambitious plans to transition to renewables are beset by bureaucratic delays and anger from many local Indigenous people, who see it as ‘new colonialism’ A few years ago, ...

The Cerrejon mine train carrying coal ore to the Puerto Bolivar terminal in front of the Guajira 1 wind farm at Cap de la Vela, Guajira region, Colombia, January 6, 2024. VICTOR RAISON The El Cerrejon ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's ambitious plans for wind energy development, especially in the resource-rich La Guajira region, are facing serious setbacks as major companies pull out and projects ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Departamento de La Guajira news every morning. La Guajira is one of Colombia’s most startling frontiers. More of an afterthought than an ...

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