Displaced indigenous group demands aid
Forty indigenous people have fled their homes in western Colombia because of violence and are now living in Bogota’s main bus terminal, RCN Radio reports. Among the group are two…
Forty indigenous people have fled their homes in western Colombia because of violence and are now living in Bogota’s main bus terminal, RCN Radio reports. Among the group are two…
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) says that 64 of the country’s indigenous communities are facing extinction due to armed conflict., reports EFE. A representative of the ONIC spoke…
A land restitution plan to return land to over 130,000 families is announced by Colombian Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo, reports Caracol Radio. The government plans to implement a series of…
Nearly 1,650 members of the Siapidara clan of the Embera indigenous group, displaced from their native lands by armed conflict in 2008, plan to return home. The group took the…
The unknown assassins of a former council member and four of his family members also displaced 183 persons the following day, in the southwestern department of Nariño, the Ombudsman says.…
The Supreme Court says the Colombian government should not wait for paramilitaries to be prosecuted before compensating the country’s large number of displaced people. A judge in Medellin had previously…
A further 15,000 refugees fleeing violence in Colombia may arrive in Ecuador this year, according to Alfonso Morales, head of the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry’s refugee department. Morales called on Colombia to…
The Colombian government Tuesday presented a bill, coined the Land Restitution Law, before Congress that seeks to return land to farmers displaced by the Andean nation’s internal conflict. Colombian Minister…
Colombia’s Catholic church says there are more than 3.8 million displaced people in the country. The church praised the government’s initiatives to compensate displaced people and restore them to their…