The builders of a tourist resort in Tayrona National Park have been granted an environmental license to continue construction, reported local media Tuesday. Colombia’s environmental licensing authority (ANLA) has granted…
Protesters rejected government claims that an indigenous leader arrested in southwest Colombia on Friday is a guerrilla. Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse indigenous protesters in…
An indigenous leader has been murdered during a party at his home in central Colombia shortly after midnight on January 1, a local indigenous organization said Tuesday. Reinaldo Domico was killed…
A respected leader of Colombia’s indigenous population was shot and killed in Medellin, local media reported on Wednesday. Ismael Hurtado was slain early Wednesday morning as he exited a taxi.…
The amount of large-scale displacements in Colombia increased 83% in 2012 compared to 2011, said a local NGO on Tuesday. According to a CODHES [Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement]…
The US is to offer aid to indigenous groups in Colombia amid continued violence in western parts of the country. US Ambassador Michael McKinley revealed that help will be given…
Six agricultural penal colonies for imprisoned indigenous people and peasant farmers are being drawn up by the Colombian government, INPEC announced Tuesday. To ease chronic overcrowding and poor conditions in…
At least 400 indigenous people fled their villages in western Colombia in the last few days to escape violence attributed to the FARC. Community leaders have recently condemned FARC activity…
While some indigenous groups allegedly have givene their approval of a massive resort project on the Caribbean beach of Tayrona National Park last week, another resident tribe rejected the project…