Colombia’s Congress summoned the government of President Ivan Duque to explain what it has done to curb extreme levels of violence against the country’s indigenous peoples. The Senate’s Peace Commission…
President Ivan Duque is not considering the demand of native Colombian authorities to meet, despite their claims that violence against indigenous has turned into genocide, Colombia’s interior minister said Monday.…
A group claiming to be Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel claimed responsibility for the attempted massacre of a group of native Colombians in the southwest of the country on Saturday. The attack…
Colombia is inhabited by 102 Indigenous peoples. We are the victorious survivors of a genocide that has not yet ended; we are still in a “conquest” that does not end.…
Colombia’s national indigenous organization ONIC declared a humanitarian emergency on Friday over an escalation in ethnic violence against native Colombians. Two more were assassinated the day after. The ONIC said…
Armed men killed two native Colombian guards in southwest Colombia and opened fire at community members trying to approach the site, injuring at least three people. The escalation of violence…
An elder of a native Colombian people in southwest Colombia was assassinated on Sunday, days after the appearance of a pamphlet signed by Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel threatening indigenous authorities. The…
Death threats signed by Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel have appeared in southwest Colombia, indigenous authorities from the region said Saturday. According to the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council (CRIC), two different death…
The Colombian government’s granting of oil titles in Colombia’s Amazon region allegedly increases the threat of extinction of indigenous peoples in the region. According to a study, the government has…