President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday asked indigenous groups in the southwest of Colombia for forgiveness over the suffering, deaths and human rights violations caused by the ongoing armed conflict,…
Indigenous leaders from the southwest of Colombia suspended talks with the government about ongoing violence on their territories Sunday, demanding the presence of president Juan Manuel Santos. The leaders representing…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday called on Colombians to understand and appreciate the country’s many native ethnicities and cultures. “What a rich culture! A wealth that is further supported…
The Colombian government will resume talks with indigenous groups protesting in the southwestern part of the country, local media reported Wednesday. At the end of a nearly five-hour meeting, the…
Colombia’s interior minister, Federico Renjifo, will meet with indigenous leaders on Wednesday to seek an end the conflict between the government and the indigenous in the country’s southwestern Cauca department,…
Armed men on motorcycles have shot at indigenous people in southwest Colombia, killing one, the governor of the Cauca department said Tuesday. One member of the Nasa tribe was killed…
A indigenous leader from the southwest of Colombia has received death threats from paramilitaries, reported local media Sunday. The leader from the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN),…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court said Thursday it did not order the exit of the Colombian armed forces from indigenous reserves in the southeastern Meta and Guaviare departments. “The court did not…
Colombia’s defense minister said Thursday the Constitutional Court’s decision to order armed forces to leave indigenous territories in southeastern Colombia will not affect military presence in the volatile southwestern Cauca…