Some 100,000 people throughout Colombia are expected to take part in indigenous protests that seek improved living conditions for the ethnic minority. Indigenous peoples from across the country joined protests…
Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, has admitted to violating the ceasefire by assassinating an indigenous governor in western Colombia. The guerrilla group’s leadership issued a statement in which asked…
Colombia’s Supreme Court nullified an 18-year sentence imposed on one of the country’s most renowned indigenous leaders for the retention and flogging a Colombian soldier who had illegally entered their…
Indigenous in a third of Colombia marched on Wednesday to demand the government honors a peace agreement with FARC guerrillas, end the ongoing assassination of leaders and ends land-grabbing. In…
A minor was shot dead, and one reporter and several policemen were injured in southwest Colombia on Tuesday after riot police opened fire at indigenous protesters and clashes erupted. The feared ESMAD anti-riot unit indiscriminately…
An indigenous tribe from southwest Colombia on Wednesday expelled the National Police from its territory, claiming cops were using the police station to sell drugs to local youth. The people from the indigenous reserve…
Parque Tayrona, one of Colombia’s most popular tourist attractions, will close for a month on Saturday to allow the local indigenous tribes to carry out an “environmental and cultural cleansing”…
One of Colombia’s most iconic tourism destinations will remain closed to the public after protests by the local indigenous people. National Park Cocuy, located in the northeast of Colombia, was closed…
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.