Amazon town of Nazareth bans tourists
Residents of the indigenous village of Nazareth in the Colombian Amazon have banned tourists from entering their community, newspaper The Guardian reported Friday. The village, which is a 20 minute…
Residents of the indigenous village of Nazareth in the Colombian Amazon have banned tourists from entering their community, newspaper The Guardian reported Friday. The village, which is a 20 minute…
Indigenous leaders trek into the mountains of Caldono, Cauca, hoping to secure a deal with the FARC to leave their peoples out of the armed conflict, Europa Press reported Wednesday.…
Police detain two indigenous Ecuadoreans near the Colombian border on suspicion of selling military supplies to the FARC, Colombian and Ecuadorean press reported Sunday. The police body charged with controlling organized…
More than 20 of Colombia’s indigenous languages are in danger of disappearing, according to a report from the Ministry of Culture released Monday. A study by the Ministry of Culture…
An indigenous Colombian was killed in the crossfire between the national army and the guerrilla group FARC, Caracol reported Thursday. Hernando Vitonaz, 22, died Wednesday in the town of Tacueyo…
The army is deciding how to respond to thousands of Colombian indigenous people who are protesting near the Venezuelan border after three of their leaders were arrested for alleged ties…
Cauca’s ombudsman will investigate the case of an indigenous man found dead wearing a guerrilla uniform, which local community leaders claim is a “false positive” killing by the army, according…
The Association of Indigenous Councils in North Cauca’s (ACIN) in souteast Colombia has implemented its own re-immersion program for demobilized guerillas, reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. ACIN tells the story…
Colombia’s national indigenous organization said Saturday that 122 members of indigenous peoples have been murdered and ten disappeared in 2010. According to a report by the organization given to french…