Colombia’s armed conflict threatens existence of over 30 indigenous peoples
Colombia’s Constitutional Court held a public hearing on the situations of 36 indigenous peoples who are found to be at risk of extinction.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court held a public hearing on the situations of 36 indigenous peoples who are found to be at risk of extinction.
Thousands of indigenous people and farmers on Tuesday took to the streets in southwest Colombia in support of the ongoing farmer’s strikes. Protesters explicitly demonstrated against free trade agreements (FTA’s).
As part of the celebrations for the indigenous peoples’ international day on Friday, President Juan Manuel Santos thanked the indigenous peoples of Colombia and the world for the work they have…
Christian aid Colombia on Friday accused the Colombian air force of spraying harmful pesticides “indiscriminatly” over north west Colombia, in an effort to eradicate coca crops.
Last Fridaym, Colombian soccer legend Carlos Valderrama was unveiled as the coach of the first ever indigenous Colombian national soccer team.
Venezuelan state forces have made four illegal incursions into Colombian territory in the past six weeks, the governor of the border department Guainia said Sunday.
Government officials and farmers from the northeast of Colombia on Thursday failed to reach an agreement to end escalated social unrest that has killed at least four peasants.
Indigenous from Cauca, a department in the southwest of Colombia, on Sunday urged FARC leader “Timochenko” to arrange a personal meeting with their leaders over guerrilla aggression towards native peoples.
The FARC’s supreme commander, “Timochenko” has said his group open to dialogue with southwest Colombian indigenous communities, who had accused the guerrillas of wanting to provoke a “genocide of the…