A Colombian ethno-linguist has been charged with designing a program to ensure the preservation of the 68 different native languages that exist in Colombia. “Every time a language dies it…
About 75 people of ethnic Zenú origin have fled fighting raging in their ethnic lands to neighboring municipalities in northern Colombia Since 2006 the Early Warning System of the Ombudsman’s…
The National Heritage Council Monday voted in favor of a plan to promote peace and preserve Wayuu culture by integrating indigenous values and symbols into education curricula. The approval of…
Representatives in Bogota of Colombia’s indigenous peoples asked permission from Mother Earth Friday to begin a three-day festival starting with the renowned ‘Septimazo’. The Septimazo event will launch the Third…
At a dinner held in London on Wednesday by Colombia’s Environmental Minister, the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, expressed interest in visiting Colombia. The Minister Carlos Costa claimed…
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are subject to increasing persecution by protagonists of Colombia’s Armed Conflict, denounced a UN representative on Tuesday. Christian Salazar Volkmann, representative of the UN High Commission…
Up to eight people were discovered murdered and around three wounded in a remote, mountainous part of Colombia’s department of Nariño. The massacres allegedly occured over Tuesday and Wednesday but…
Four indigenous Awa were murdered by anonymous armed attackers in Colombia’s southern department of Nariño whilst attending the wake of another tribe member who was killed previously, media reported Thursday.…
A new national park, baptized ‘Yaigojé’, in south-east Colombia was created following the initiative of indigenous groups in the area. All 1,060,603 hectares of the Yaigojé National Park is a…