Conflict puts 23 indigenous tribes in danger of extinction
Some 23 indigenous tribes from south eastern Colombia are at risk of extinction as a result of the ongoing armed conflict ravaging the region, explained the President of the Human…
Some 23 indigenous tribes from south eastern Colombia are at risk of extinction as a result of the ongoing armed conflict ravaging the region, explained the President of the Human…
A group of Wayuu Indians blocked a northern section of the border between Colombia and Venezuela on Tuesday in protest against the seizure of their merchandise by Colombian authorities. Harlem…
The Nevado del Huila volcano in Colombia’s south western department of Huila has reawakened, initially discharging ash which is predominantly affecting the indigenous communities within the surrounding area. The town…
A human rights prosecutor ordered the arrested of an officer in the Colombian Armed Forces for his alleged role in the killing of five indigenous Awa Indians. Lieutenant Alberto Williams…
The government claims that it is upholding its commitments regarding native rights and causes, after thousand of indigenous took to the streets to denounce the government’s broken promises. Thousands of…
Some ten thousand of indigenous started a march in the south west of Colombia on Sunday to protest social policies by the government of President Alvaro Uribe. The main ‘minga’,…
Colombia’s national indigenous organization ONIC sent an open letter to the FARC requesting talks about the indigenous’ request to respect their territories and peoples. In the letter, the ONIC asks…
Indigenous communties in Antioquia are subject to harrassment by guerrillas and other illigal armed groups, the local indigenous organization denounced Wednesday. In an report by the newspaper El Colombia, William…
Five more members of the Awa indigenous people were murdered in the southern Colombian department of Nariño, indigenous organization ONIC have claimed. According to the ONIC, the murders took place…