After more than 10 days of major social unrest in Colombia’s countryside, the government and protesters have yet to agree to formal talks as a possible escalation of violence looms.
Colombia has temporarily suspended 516 mining operations, citing the possible adverse effects on ethnic communities as the cause.
Seven afro-colombians have been killed in Bogota in the last month, leading community leaders to denounce what they see as an alarming increase in racially motivated murders, newspaper El Espectador…
Eight United States lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in which they say that ongoing Afro-Colombian rights abuses show that “Colombia is not in full compliance” with…
Some 15,000 Colombians have been internally displaced each month since peace talks between the FARC rebel group and the government began two years ago, according to the United Nations.
The Colombian government, farmers, Afro-Colombians, and indigenous groups have created a dialogue table that seeks to improve the living conditions of rural and minority communities.
A Colombian judge has assessed that two non-black members of Congress elected to represent Afro-Colombians “misled” the National Electoral Council, according to weekly Semana.
The director of a Colombian anti-racism organization has accused three government ministers of “state racism” following their failure to attend a meeting on the development of the predominantly black Pacific…
Colombia’s lack of data regarding their sizable racial and ethnic minority populations are “critical omissions” that makes it difficult to track socioeconomic development and progress, said the lead author of…