A group of Colombian soldiers is awarded with heroism medals for not responding with violence when indigenous forced them off their military base in July. The Colombia military awarded the…
Around 300 indigenous members of the Embera Katio tribe will be relocated to a town, just outside of their native territory in western Colombia. The High Councilor from the Rights…
Canadian resource exploitation companies who have been moving into Colombia are contributing to what Amnesty International has called “a stunning human rights crisis” for the Latin American country’s vulnerable indigenous…
42 different indigenous Colombian populations are at risk of disappearing due to state abandonment, said an indigenous foundation on Tuesday. In an interview with W Radio Tuesday, the director of the…
580 indigenous Colombians have fled their lands near the Ecuadorean border to escape fighting between rebel guerrilla group FARC and the Colombian military. 108 families, 77 of which were indigenous…
The fraught past of Colombia’s indigenous people will be demonstrated during a festival dedicated to film and video beginning at the end of September. The eleventh International Festival of Film…
An indigenous leader from the troubled Cauca department in the southwest of Colombia has been assassinated, indigenous and national authorities said Friday. The leader was shot and killed by men…
The Colombian government and the indigenous communities of Cauca have installed commissions to look for an end to the conflict in the troubled area. Local media reported Wednesday that a…
Almost 30% of Colombia’s indigenous population is living in extreme poverty and the majority of indigenous children is suffering chronic malnutrition, said the United Nations Sunday. According to a report…