Latin America and Caribbean

  • UNDP – Luxembourg partnership

    September 25, 2025

    As one of UNDP’s top 20 core donors, Luxembourg plays a vital role in enabling UNDP to reach the people furthest behind and make faster progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. UNDP’s partnership with Luxembourg delivers lasting results where they are needed most. By supporting countries on their development pathways, including ...

  • Argentina: Zimbabwean demining expert dies in explosive accident in Salta Province

    August 25, 2025

    Henry Martin Douglas Macharaga, a 52-year-old Zimbabwean explosives and demining expert, died in Argentina on 19 August after an explosive detonated accidentally while he was conducting extraction work along National Route 34. Macharaga, originally from Chirumanzu in the Midlands but raised in Kwekwe, is survived by his wife and two children. Arrangements are underway to repatriate ...

  • New Frontlines and an Uncertain Future for Mine Clearance in Colombia

    March 26, 2025

    Nearly a decade after the landmark 2016 Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and a communist guerilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the prevalence of landmines remains a critical issue in the country. As mine clearance efforts turn toward active conflict zones in Colombia where humanitarian law is disregarded, buried and ...

  • Humanitarian Mine Action Program Builds Explosive Ordnance Disposal Capability in Peru

    January 10, 2025

    United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) conducted a three-week intermediate-level Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) course for the Peruvian Armed Forces as part of its Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program. The HMA program in Peru incorporates a whole of government approach to build Peruvian capacity to address transnational challenges and create opportunities for regional leadership. This effort strengthens ...

  • From a supported country to a Global Leader in Mine Action: Cambodia’s Goal of a World Free of Landmines

    October 25, 2024

    Over the 20 years of the Vietnam War and the subsequent conflict, approximately 2.75 million tons of bombs were dropped on Cambodia, and an estimated 4 to 6 million landmines were buried. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) was established by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) to ...

  • Cambodian Mine Action Centre wraps up successful training mission to Colombia

    September 26, 2024

    Under the South-South Cooperation training programme, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has successfully and proudly completed its mission to assist with training Colombian demining teams in Colombia. According to CMAC, sharing knowledge in the field of mine action helps strengthen demining operations of Colombia, a Latin American country plagued by civil war for years. Heng ...