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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Mocoa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 17stories have been published about Mocoa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Mocoa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 17stories have been published about Mocoa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Court Holds the State Responsible for Failing to Prevent an Avalanche that Was Razed by Mocoa

The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca held the State responsible for the omissions that allowed the avalanche that raged Mocoa between March 31 and April 1, 2017, leaving more than 600 people dead and thousands of homes destroyed. The ruling, at first instance, establishes that the catastrophe was a “fully predictable event.” The Nation, through the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), Corpoamazonía, the Department of Putumayo …See the Story

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MinInterior Demands Lifting Blockades in Putumayo in Order to Negotiate

Today, the Deputy Minister of Social Dialogue of the Interior, Gabriel Rondón, reiterated that the government will not advance in new negotiations with the movement as long as the blockades continue in the corridor Villagarzón – Mocoa – Pitalito. Since June 3, the social organizations of Putumayo under the leadership of the movement “Putumayo en Movimiento – Unidad Popular” are in permanent assembly. They say it is a “legitimate expression in th…Read Article

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CorpoAmazonia Close to Suspending Mining in Mocoa and More Amazon News

CorpoAmazonía issued a resolution that will be in consultation until Thursday in which it delimits an area for conservation in the place of influence of Libero Cobre in Mocoa and asks the ANM to exclude 90,000 hectares of the titles that the company has and that are in process.The authorities of the 15 indigenous peoples of Putumayo issued a joint pronouncement to reject this mining project.Guardaparques follow the example of Peru and seek mini-…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

Mining in Mocoa Threatens a Vital and Irreplaceable Ecosystem

In the green mountains surrounding Mocoa, capital of the Putumayo department, a crucial battle is fought for the environmental future of Colombia: the conflict between the growing global demand for copper—essential for the global energy transition—and the conservation of one of the most biodiverse and strategic ecosystems on the planet, the Amazonian foothill.In this territory, where the Andes meet the Amazon, a foreign capital company plans to …Mining · MocoaRead Article

Serious Accident on the Track Mocoa - San Francisco: Ambulance Falls Into an Abyss in the "Death Trampoline"

Serious accident on the Mocoa – San Francisco track: Ambulance falls into an abyss in the «Trampoline of Death» TuBarco News One of the people managed to get hurt to ask for help. There are still crew members trapped and the presence of relief agencies is urgently needed. News Putumayo A serious accident was recorded on Wednesday morning on the road that connects Mocoa with San Francisco, in the department of Putumayo. According to reports of tr…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

Copper Giant Resources Corp. (TSXV:CGNT) - Exploration Target Shows Expansion Potential at Mocoa - Research Portal

Copper Giant (CGNT) announced a preliminary conceptual exploration target for its flagship Mocoa Cu-Mo project in Colombia. This new target outlined up to 1,247Mt at 0.55% CuEq, demonstrating a sizable increase from the current resource at Mocoa. Overall, we are encouraged by this conceptual exploration target as it demonstrates the potential to expand the mineralized envelope beyond the limits of the 2021 MRE. We note that Mocoa currently hosts…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

Monclart Community Achieves Historic Legal Victory Against Roadblocks in Mocoa - Paisa Nation

Mocoa, Putumayo – May 20, 2025. In an unprecedented decision, the Third Municipal Criminal Court of Mocoa granted a writ of protection ordering the immediate unblocking of the only access road to the Monclart neighborhood, which has been blocked since March by protests led by the Pueblo Viejo Communal Action Board. The ruling—issued through judgment 0054 of May 19, 2025—protects the fundamental rights to freedom of movement, health, work, safety…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

Copper Giant eyes resource expansion potential in Colombia – Resource World Magazine

Copper Giant Resources Corp. [CGNT-TSXV], a company previously known as Libero Copper & Gold Corp. said it sees the potential to “double – almost triple” – the existing resource at its Mocoa copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Colombia. “Every round of drilling deepens our conviction that we’re only touching the tail of the elephant at Mocoa,’’ said Copper Giant President and CEO Ian Harris. Copper Giant shares were unchanged Tuesday at 21 centMocoa · MocoaRead Article

Mocoa Prison: Broken Promise and State Neglect - Paisa Nation

A project that was supposed to be completed in six months is still not functioning. Today it is an abandoned slaughterhouse taken over by the jungle. Mocoa, Putumayo | May 10, 2025 – What was once presented as a worthy solution to the collapse of the prison system in Putumayo is now nothing more than a cement skeleton devoured by vegetation. The infrastructure of what was supposed to be the new Mocoa prison—built on the ruins of an old slaughter…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

Blockage against Libero Copper in Mocoa rises and dialogues begin

After 47 days of demonstration in the neighborhood of Pueblo Viejo (Mocoa, Putumayo), the communities of the Amazonian Piedemonte managed to set up a dialogue table with the national, departmental and municipal government. Therefore, they lifted the blockade that kept the company Libero Copper mobile. The objective of the table is to discuss the advance of copper mining in a strategic area because of its biodiversity. The protest, known as the “…Mocoa · MocoaRead Article

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