Rumour Control: Israel buying-up Colombian real estate.

In Huila, the word on the camino is that an Israeli NGO has been offering campesinos up to 5x normal land value. This is in the area adjacent to PNN Purace, more specifically El Congresso. The locals think that it is the water that they are after, as this will be the next boom commodity.

The catch is that you have to pay a topographer a fee up-front to survey your land...hmmmmm........smell a rat? Why would some organisation be putting such big unsubstantiated offers on the table when most campesinos are quite happy to sell-up at more modest values?

Sounds like a scam, but either way, interesting.

By Alma del Norte on Jul 18, 2008, 14:34 in Friendly Talkzone.

Alma del Norte (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 18, 2008, 14:48: This is what they're allegedly after: There's water in those thar' hills!! La vida es una rutina 0 funny, 0 helpful.

Catfish35 says on Jul 19, 2008, 00:43: Figures...wondered what took them so long! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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