Six Colombian army soldiers on Friday were sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2008 assassination of the husband of one of Colombia’s most prominent indigenous leaders. According to…
Colombia will celebrate Cultural Heritage Month in September, with conventions, exhibitions, and film screenings taking place around the country. The event which aims to highlight the importance of the “popularization,…
Theory: Plato was in pre-Columbian America! Suggestion: We should start looking in Santa Marta, Colombia, for his footprints! The above claims may sound ludicrous. Nevertheless, I am quite certain I…
Authorities in southern Colombia have found the bodies of two indigenous leaders who were shot dead by unknown assassins, local media reported Sunday The victims, indigenous councillor Ramiro Inampues and…
In recognition of August 9th’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, the United Nation’s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) warns that many of Colombia’s indigenous groups are in danger…
Plans for the August 7 inauguration of Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos are in full swing, with seventeen heads of state and government expected to attend the ceremony. Inauguration day…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Monday issued a statement strongly condemning the murder of Colombian indigenous leader and human rights activist Luis Alfredo Socarras Pimienta. Socarras was…
Some 5,000 people took part in a march organized by indigenous rights groups to protest against a 2009 U.S.-Colombia military pact and to demand to be involved in Colombian politics.…
The vice president of the United Nations’ (U.N.) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues called the situation facing indigenous people in Colombia “bittersweet” on Friday. He praised the nation’s indigenous people…