US Afro-Am culture expert to visit Colombia
A U.S. Afro-American culture expert will visit Colombia as part of a cultural awareness program, reported the U.S. Embassy Wednesday. Expert Terrie Rouse’s visit aims to enhance Colombian understanding of…
A U.S. Afro-American culture expert will visit Colombia as part of a cultural awareness program, reported the U.S. Embassy Wednesday. Expert Terrie Rouse’s visit aims to enhance Colombian understanding of…
The U.S. will help Colombia improve the living conditions of Afro-Colombians on the Pacific coast, the U.S. embassy in Bogota announced Wednesday. According to a press release, the United States…
The First Commission of the Senate last week approved the first steps in a measure to criminalize acts of racial discrimination in Colombia, reports La Patria. The law would make…
Colombia will celebrate Cultural Heritage Month in September, with conventions, exhibitions, and film screenings taking place around the country. The event which aims to highlight the importance of the “popularization,…
The U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith A. McHale, began a four-day official visit to Colombia on Sunday, in what is the secretary’s first visit to…
Tourists are expected to flock to the streets of Cali this week as the city steps into the Festival of Salsa and Competitive Dance with floats in colorful parades which…
A U.S.-based NGO alleges that they and 80 other Colombian NGOs received death threats from Colombian paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras.” The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), whose aim…
The UN on Thursday called for the Colombian government to improve protection measures for the indigenous population following a sharp increase in violence against the minority groups in 2009. The…
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are subject to increasing persecution by protagonists of Colombia’s Armed Conflict, denounced a UN representative on Tuesday. Christian Salazar Volkmann, representative of the UN High Commission…