Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department said the black box from an air force plane that crashed July 11 will be handed over to authorities, reported radio station Caracol. The…
Indigenous community leaders from the department of Cauca denied Thursday a government-announced truce between Colombia’s army and the indigenous guard. The alleged accord stated that there would be no more armed…
The prosecutor general will investigate claims that the indigenous protests in southwest Colombia are FARC infiltrated, local media reported Wednesday. The investigative arm of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, the CTI,…
Spanish ex-magistrate Baltasar Garzon denied reports that he will mediate between the government and indigenous groups in southwestern Colombia, saying Monday that he only attended talks between the two groups “to…
The exmagistrate of Spain’s central criminal court and former adviser to the International Criminal Court, Baltasar Garzon, is willing to act as mediator between the government and indigenous groups in…
A confrontation between indigenous people and farmers in southwestern Colombia injured fourteen people, Radio Caracol reported Thursday. The clash occurred at midnight on Tuesday and was apparently the result of…
Bogota’s Archeological Museum (MUSA) exhibits hidden indigenous treasures, including ceramics recovered from northern Colombia’s abandoned settlement Ciudad Perdida.
National and indigenous authorities clashed this weekend over the pending arrest of Bogota’s former ombudsman who was sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption. The former ombudsman of Colombia’s…
The use of female circumcision is increasing the number of deaths of young girls in indigenous communities, said the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) said Thursday. The practice…