Articles by Natalia Torres Garzón

Natalia Torres Garzón is a freelance journalist based in Colombia. Her work has appeared in El País, New Internationalist, Earth Island, NACLA, Toward Freedom, La Directa, El Chapin and the Chinese Government Television Network.

Soraida Chindoy, 38, Indigenous leader from the Inga community of the Condagua reservation. She has been part of the movement to stop the mining project from the beginning. Image by Antonio Cascio for Mongabay.

Plan to mine ‘clean energy’ metals in Colombian Amazon splits communities

by Natalia Torres Garzón 22 March 2023

MOCOA, Colombia — “We are experiencing a profound crisis, not only in the Amazon but throughout humanity,” said Campo Elías de la Cruz, a Catholic priest and environmental activist who…

Misak women, men and children observe the contrast between the monoculture pine and eucalyptus plantation, on the right, and the natural forest in their territory, on the left, from a distance.

FSC-certified paper plantation faces farmer backlash in Colombia

by Natalia Torres Garzón 15 August 2022

CAJIBIO, Colombia – From a birds-eye view, greenery expands far into the tropical Andean horizon in Colombia’s department of Cauca, easily confused with a sprawling native forest. However, for the…