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Colombian anti-drug policemen and a dog stand guard at a coca plantation in Tumaco, Colombia February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

An uneasy peace for Colombia’s coca farmers

Five years on from the peace agreement, rural violence continues and coca production is on the rise. Joe Ballesteros reports.

Latest issue: September-October 2021

Who gets to eat?

Industrial agriculture is drying up the land in Almeria, Spain. Vitalie Duporge speaks to activists and small-scale farmers trying to avert local ecocide.

Southern governments are captive to the demands of international capital, which stops them from meeting people’s real needs. Modern monetary theory offers a path to true economic sovereignty, says Jason Hickel.

Pat Mooney explores what happens when Big Data meets Big Ag. Interview by Nick Dowson.

Leo Sakamoto fears a drought as Brazil’s long-brewing water crisis hits home.

Supporters of the ruling military junta, the CNRD, stand in front of their headquarters the day after the 2021 coup d'état in Guinea. Credit: Aboubacarkhoraa/WikiCommons

Multiple coups, a global virus and democracy on the ropes in many parts of the world. Nanjala Nyabola asks, have we gone back to the 1980s?

Hazel Healy sheds light on a deeply dysfunctional food chain.

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