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In early November, hundreds of former fighters from the Farc marched to Bogotá, the capital, demanding work opportunities and better protection. Duque promised to improve housing and security, but laid the blame for the violence at the feet of dissident Farc fighters who have returned to arms.
In Carrizal, conditions are worsening. Shacks are falling apart, the roads and pathways torn up, and residents’ only way to communicate with the outside world is a public wifi with intermittent service. A few commercial projects, such as pineapple crops and beekeeping, have proven unproductive as the camp is so far from markets.
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A prominent Colombian conservationist, widely considered responsible for preventing the extinction of the iconic Yellow-eared Parrot, was recently murdered by an unidentified criminal gang.
Gonzalo Cardona Molina, fondly known as Gonza , was born and raised on a farm in Roncesvalles, situated in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes.
Due to his tireless work spanning more than two decades, Gonzalo Gonza Cardona Molina proved the key figure in saving Yellow-eared Parrot from extinction (ProAves).
In the late 1990s, Yellow-eared Parrot was sliding rapidly towards extinction – fewer than 100 individuals remained, all in the Roncesvalles area. With the parrot being part of Molina s daily life and having such an affection for them, he stepped forward to answer the desperate call from Fundación ProAves to save the species.