Putumayo

American  

[poo-too-mah-yaw] / ˌpu tuˈmɑ jɔ /

noun

1. a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.

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Putumayo British  

/ putuˈmajo /

noun

1. Brazilian name: Içá.  a river in NW South America, rising in S Colombia and flowing southeast as most of the border between Colombia and Peru, entering the Amazon in Brazil: scene of the Putumayo rubber scandal (1910–11) during the rubber boom, in which many Indians were enslaved and killed by rubber exploiters. Length: 1578 km (980 miles)

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Putumayo

Aside from the demobilization of 95 fighters from one group in southern Putumayo province this past week, the militia organizations grew stronger, giving de la Espriella a signature campaign issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Hercules C-130, was lifting off from Puerto Leguízamo, a town on the Putumayo River across from Peru, when it went down, said Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

The dissident group is thought to have around 3,000 members and while it is active in most of Colombia, its stronghold is in the provinces of Caquetá, Guaviare, Meta and Putumayo.

From BBC ● May 22, 2023

The roads surrounding the Jerusalén-San Luis Alto Picudito Indigenous reservation in Putumayo, Colombia, are treacherous on a good day.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

But even cancer and the Putumayo are not a denial of what Stevenson called "the ultimate decency of things."

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert