Colombia: Colombians Are Occupying Land to Protest Inequality. Here’s the History.

Oct 28, 2022 | Laura García-Montoya and Isabel Güiza-Gómez, Washington Post
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In Colombia, Indigenous, peasant and Afro-descendant groups have escalated land occupations in recent months, seeking to ensure the government carries out long-standing land redistribution promises. President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Márquez, sworn in as the leaders of Colombia’s first leftist government in history in August, campaigned on a political agenda that included land redistribution.