Colombia’s northeastern indigenous U’wa community, embroiled in tensions with the national government, said ministers failed to show up on Monday at a meeting over the indigenous’ blocking of the repair…
A Friday meeting between the U’wa community, the Minister of Mines, and other senior officials in Norte de Santander ended without agreement, reported national media, leaving no resolution to the…
The ongoing closure of Colombia’s second most important oil pipeline continues to impede national oil production costing millions in lost revenues for the oil companies and the state, reported national…
The United Nations (UN) representative in Colombia for Human Rights said 40 indigenous groups are at risk of disappearing, mainly due to mining operations, reported local media on Tuesday.
Nearly 40 members of the hunter and gatherer Nukak indigenous group have been forcibly displaced in the central southeastern state of Guaviare by armed groups, said the Colombia Ombudsman on…
Three of Colombia’s government ministers will meet with leaders of the U’wa indigenous people on Friday to discuss local concerns over oil operations in the area, local news reported Tuesday.
The rural farmers who are negatively impacted by aerial fumigation in Colombia are one of the most overlooked groups affected by the continuing drug conflict in the South American nation.
Travelers to South America’s most northern point, La Guajira, will encounter a wildly arid landscape, rough roads, desolate beaches and one of Colombia’s most enduring indigenous communities.
The “grave humanitarian crisis” facing western Colombia’s indigenous Embera Katio community has spilled over into the country’s third largest city, according to a report released by the Cali ombudsman on…