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UN criticizes Colombia's human rights record
Category: News/News
... and to pay particular attention to gender issues, as well as any victims who are minors, Afro-Colombian or indigenous, who are the "least protected by law" according to the report. Savioli also brought ... Friday, 30 July 2010 -
Murder rate soars in Cordoba department
Category: News/News
... displacement committed by illegal armed groups in the area, saying that their presence affects the basic rights to "life, liberty and personal integrity of farmers and indigenous [people] in the region." ... Thursday, 29 July 2010 -
Indigenous Colombians report guerrilla presence at Venezuela border
Category: News/News
Members of the Wayuu indigenous population who inhabit the Colombia-Venezuela border regions report sightings of FARC guerrillas, according to a report by El Heraldo. Members of the Wayuu indigenous ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010 -
Coal workers reach deal at La Jagua mine
Category: News/Economy
... has a history of tense relations between mining companies, unions, indigenous people and environmental groups. Coal prices have not moved much durng the walkout, stuck in a tight range as the market ... Monday, 26 July 2010 -
US under secretary of state visits Colombia
Category: News/News
... up "to expanding [sic] access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority youth to academic and economic opportunities ... and promote their economic and social empowerment," according to the U.S. embassy. ... Monday, 26 July 2010 -
Indigenous march draws thousands
Category: News/News
Some 5,000 people took part in a march organized by indigenous rights groups to protest against a 2009 U.S.-Colombia military pact and to demand to be involved Colombian politics. Some 5,000 ... Thursday, 22 July 2010 -
'Venezuelan military entered Colombia'
Category: News/News
... and a school with children," said Jose Jesus Rendon, one of the indigenous leaders of San Faustino, which is situated 600 meters from the Venezuelan border. Rendon reported that the Venezuelan incursion ... Wednesday, 21 July 2010 -
Colombia's bicentennial celebrations close with a bang
Category: News/News
... President Alvaro Uribe and Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno. To open the show, 30 dancers depicted the meeting between indigenous people and the Spanish. This was followed by the arrival of a group of horses ... Wednesday, 21 July 2010 -
Indigenous Colombians march against bicentennial
Category: News/News
Around 1,500 indigenous Guambiano people are marching from southern Colombia to the country's capital Bogota, where they will stage a peaceful protest against the bicentennial of independence on July ... Monday, 19 July 2010 -
Porro festival kicks off in north Colombia
Category: Events / nightlife/Caribbean coast
... are undecided as to whether it grew from indigenous pre-Colombian tradition, or whether it was imported to the Caribbean coast by African slaves. The elevated pitch of clarinets and saxhorns blends with ... Friday, 16 July 2010 -
Visit the whole of Colombia in a day
Category: Events / nightlife/Bogota
... will also showcase indigenous art, with a wide range of products on sale. Running from July 15 to July 25, organizers hope the 10-day event will become the most comprehension trade show in Colombia. ... Thursday, 15 July 2010 -
$10M hotel complex to be built in La Guajira
Category: Travel in Colombia/Caribbean
... also provide accommodation for the large number of people who visiting the area because of the mine. The project is called Waya Guajira, named after the local indigenous tribe the "Wayuu" and will have ... Thursday, 15 July 2010 -
Ombudsman concerned about Cordoba violence
Category: News/News
... the presence of illegal armed groups in the Cordoba municipalities of Montelibano and Puerto Libertador affects the basic rights to "life, liberty and personal integrity of farmers and indigenous [people] ... Monday, 12 July 2010 -
UN praises Colombia's indigenous, blasts state
Category: News/News
The U.N. calls the situation facing Colombia's indigenous people "bittersweet," praising the nation's indigenous people for overcoming adversity, but blasting the government for continued human rights ... Friday, 09 July 2010 -
Cali to celebrate Inca festival
Category: Events / nightlife/Cali
Cali's indigenous population this month will lead the city in the celebration of the Inti-Raymi festival, an Incan celebration of the sun god Inti and the beginning of a new year. Cali's indigenous ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010 -
'Indigenous tribe harbors drug lord'
Category: News/News
... "Capturing Pablo and his gang has been difficult because this bandit is protected by the indigenous people. The Wayuu look at him as though he was a 'god' because he gives them money and things in exchange ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010 -
VP-elect Garzon to talk human rights with UN
Category: News/News
... also recorded an increase in violent deaths of indigenous peoples, which rose 63% in 2009 compared to 2008. "In addition, their leaders and representatives were the victims of frequent threats," the ... Thursday, 24 June 2010 -
Santos' 'national unity' could heal Colombia
Category: Perspective/From The Editor
... student movements are radicalizing, indigenous movements feel ignored and excluded, and the judicial branch is fiercely defending its independence against verbal and legislative attacks from both the government ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010 -
US NGO receives new paramilitary death threats
Category: News/News
... rights conditions for military assistance have been met until the current wave of killings and threats against human rights defenders, Afro-Colombian, indigenous and internally displaced persons' advocates ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010 -
Eco-tours open doors to untouched El Pajaro
Category: Travel in Colombia/Caribbean
Colombia's northernmost department of La Guajira is undertaking a new tourism venture - offering organized tours to the virgin beaches and indigenous villages of El Pajaro. Colombia's northernmost ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010