Colombia: Colombia's Push for Land Titles Brings Hope for Farmers amid Fragile Peace

Jun 4, 2019 | Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
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Granting land titles is part of government efforts to promote rural development as set out in the 2016 peace deal signed with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels. Unequal land distribution was a key reason why the FARC took up arms in 1964 as a Marxist-inspired agrarian movement that fought to defend the rights of landless peasants.