Fenalco Tolima warns of the economic cost of insecurity and fires in the south of the department
Fenalco Tolima warned that violence by illegal armed groups and forest fires are hitting the economy of southern Tolima, with Planadas, the region's main coffee municipality, among the hardest hit. According to the guild, the department went from being among the three with the highest GDP growth in 2025 to posting 1.5% in the first half of the year, below the national average of more than 3%. Executive director Daniel Orjuela linked the crisis to the removal of checkpoints on the borders with Huila and Valle del Cauca in 2025.
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- Fenalco Tolima attributes the economic deterioration to insecurity and forest fires in the south of the department
- Tolima's GDP grew 1.5% in the first half, versus a national average above 3%
- The guild points to the removal of checkpoints on the borders with Huila and Valle del Cauca in 2025 as a factor in the expansion of armed groups
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