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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steven Grattan

Threats, armed men and bodyguards are facts of life for activists in Colombia's Amazon

Colombia Amazon Defender - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia’s Putumayo River — a home she hasn't slept in for more than eight years.

The longtime environmental activist has been threatened for work that includes protecting part of the Amazon from oil and mining exploitation. She describes a tense escape one night through a back window after community members tipped her that armed men were outside.

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