Bogota-based Ballet Folclorico Tierra Colombiana celebrates it’s 32 year anniversary with special performance titled “Fiesta por Colombia” that recreates the country’s folk festivals and honors indigenous heritage. The show, created…
A Colombian congresswoman has criticized the Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) following a report by La Semana into indigenous children dying of starvation in central Colombia. The La Semana report detailed…
Colombia’s Interior Vice Minister, and Wayuu representatives ratified an agreement Thursday to create a body that will seek to address the complex issues faced by the indigenous Wayuu communities. Interior Vice Minister Aurelio Iragorri…
Colombians have begun to question the political influence of their vice president as claims arise over his alleged support of U Party mayoral candidate John Harold Suarez in the city…
FARC rebels have hijacked a boat with medical aid for the near-extinct Nukak indigenous tribe in the south of Colombia, placing the nomadic members of the tribe “in extreme danger,” NGO…
Cartagena pays homage to their homegrown artist Enrique Grau, renowned for his depictions of Afro-Colombians and Amerindians, by hosting 12 of his vivacious bronze statues at the Centro de Convenciones…
The UN has launched a campaign to protect Colombian indigenous tribes that are in danger of being wiped out by conflict, drug production and agro-business. The campaign, called “If they…
Colombia passed a law to criminalize racial and other types of discrimination with penalties of one to three years in prison and fines of up to $4,500 for those found…
Two men have died after consuming the drug ayahuasca in a massive “purification” ceremony in the north of Colombia, local authorities said Monday.