Four members of the native Colombian Awa people have been murdered in southwest Colombia over the past week as the community is caught in the crossfire of a drug-fueled turf…
The United Nations urged Colombia on Tuesday to take immediate action against ongoing violence in the northwest of the country. According to figures of the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR, over…
Protesters have been injured when police tried to lift a roadblock in southern Colombia, according to their organization. Among those injured in the clashes was the president of regional indigenous…
A paramilitary group allegedly assassinated a native Colombian leader in the northwest of the country, half a year after he requested protection from the government. The murder of the indigenous…
President Ivan Duque arrived in southwest Colombia on Tuesday, but failed to meet with regional indigenous authorities as promised. Instead of meeting with the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC)…
Native Colombians from the southwest reached a compromise with the government; President Ivan Duque promised to meet with the protesters, and they agreed to unblock a major highway. The Regional…
The human rights bodies of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS) urged the government of President Ivan Duque and native Colombians to avoid violence on…
Tensions in southwest Colombia on Wednesday escalated to the point that native Colombians said they would “take” the city of Popayan after their offices were attacked. National indigenous organization ONIC…
Clashes between police and students in Colombia’s third largest city, Cali, left one protester dead and six injured, the city’s security secretary confirmed Wednesday. Students told local newspaper El Pais…