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Excess water threatens crops like bananas, cacao, avocado, vegetables, and potatoes, while high humidity boosts pests and disease.

Vegetable prices rose over 10% for onions, tomatoes, and more due to rain-reduced harvests in Boyacá, Nariño, and Cundinamarca.

International travelers entering the country may be required to present a yellow fever vaccination certificate. The vaccine must have been administered at least 10 days before entering risk areas

Colombia signed the Ottawa Treaty in 1997, but only in 2016 did FARC, its largest guerrilla group, pledge to assist in demining efforts.

Colombia's "Total Peace" plan faces challenges as armed groups fragment over drug and gold profits, hindering President Petro's peace negotiations.

The ELN has violated the agreement at least 39 times over the past year, according to the Colombian think tank, CERAC.

Coffee exports were a principal driver of the increase.

Previously, FARC dominated the coca market in areas they controlled. Since the group disarmed, other criminal groups have failed to establish the same level of control.

Violence against civilians in Colombia is rising amid the various crises facing the government’s Total Peace policy. 

Although Colombia’s regional elections were more peaceful than those held four years ago, they showed that organized crime continues to be a severe threat to electoral proceedings.