Indigenous organizers have reached a “historic” 25-point agreement with the government over territorial and human rights, granting Colombia’s native communities increased judicial, administrative and political autonomy, among other terms.
Indigenous protesters taking part in a national strike have captured seven members of Colombia’s security forces, who are being held in two separate locations in Colombia, according to a statement…
Colombia indigenous rights group ONIC on Thursday decried what they consider excessive police response that left 19 wounded and four arrested during a protest in the Pacific coastal city of…
Indigenous organizing groups partnered with student activists and other populist social movements Tuesday for a national demonstration to mark the start of indefinite protests.
Protesters rejected government claims that an indigenous leader arrested in southwest Colombia on Friday is a guerrilla. Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse indigenous protesters in…
A displaced indigenous community on Monday returned home to western Colombia despite warnings that the area remains unsafe. As part of the Colombia government’s program to restore land to people…
More than 60 indigenous communities are in danger of disappearing as they fall victim to hunger and the ongoing armed conflict, the president of National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC)…
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) has called for the scheduling of a meeting promised by President Juan Manuel Santos, in an official statement released this week. The statement…
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) says that 64 of the country’s indigenous communities are facing extinction due to armed conflict., reports EFE. A representative of the ONIC spoke…