NYT > World News War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Island in Amazon Par :Julie Turkewitz and Mitra Taj 8 août 2025 à 14:18 Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that sits in the Amazon River, more than a thousand miles from their capitals. © Santiago Ruiz/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe island of Santa Rosa de Yavarí, foreground, sits at a border shared by Colombia, Peru and Brazil in the Amazon rainforest.