A judge suspended Monday all activities by mining companies in nearly 50,000 hectares of indigenous lands in northwest Colombia, reported local media. In an “unprecedented” ruling, all mining and exploration...
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos approved the construction of a new village for the indigenous Embera Katio tribe beginning Thursday. The newly granted township in Colombia’s northwestern department of...
Another indigenous leader was killed Tuesday in Northern Colombia, totaling two murders so far this week against the same Colombian indigenous tribe. Unidentified gunmen burst into the home of Carmen Fuentes Tuesday morning and...
