32 indigenous demobilized from FARC
Indigenous Embera Katio on Wednesday celebrated the demobilization of 32 tribe members from the FARC. The men were reintegrated into the community with a series of rites and ceremonies. Dressed…
Indigenous Embera Katio on Wednesday celebrated the demobilization of 32 tribe members from the FARC. The men were reintegrated into the community with a series of rites and ceremonies. Dressed…
Colombian authorities on Thursday offered a US$65,000 reward for information leading to the perpetrators of the massacre of twelve Awa indigenous in the southern Nariño department on Wednesday. “White, tall,…
Unknown men massacred at least five adults and three children of the indigenous Awa in the south Colombian Nariño department, indigenous representatives said Wednesday. According to the National Indigenous Organization…
Seventy indigenous were tortured for no reason by alleged paramilitaries in the Choco department, native authorities reported Wednesday. Armed men entered the Pinchincha community, asked the indigenous for a subject…
Shamans and indigenous tribes of seven Andean countries are currently meeting to share knowledge and wisdom at the International Meeting of Andean Cultures in Pasto, Nariño department. According to Carlos…
The recruitment of children by illegal armed groups has forced the indigenous of the Vaupes department to flee their lands, according to a report by the UNHCR. “Over the past…
The Colombian government denies criminalizing indigenous peoples in a response to a complaint filed by several indigenous groups before the United Nations. “At no time indigenous people were criminalized by…
Five children, members of an Awa indigenous tribe in south Colombia, died of hunger and malnutricion in the past two weeks, indigenous organizations say. According to newspaper El Tiempo, local…
Paramilitary group ‘Aguilas Negras’ threatened, tortured and displaced the indigenous tribe Embera Pichinde in the Choco department for the fourth time, indigenous representatives said Wednesday. Seven masked and armed men,…