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Monkey Cage In Colombia’s mass protests, Indigenous and Black activists find echoes of colonial history Whether it’s enduring the military police’s racially targeted violence or trying to ...
In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...
Colombia’s Indigenous population faces scourge of violence In 2021, an Indigenous person in Colombia was killed every four days, according to a new report.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — While music played in Bogotá’s streets and a sense of victory filled the air after a long protest, Ana Graciela received a new appointment on her calendar: the funeral of ...
Indigenous and other marginalized Colombians are putting pressure on the new government to follow through on land redistribution promises.
Thousands of Indigenous people from southwestern Colombia took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Tuesday, demanding that the government of President Gustavo Petro take action against growing ...
A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...
The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people who have been threatened by armed groups in the country's southwestern rainforests for decades but insist on protecting the environment they say they ...
Colombian Peasants Are Taking on an Irish Multinational— and Being Met With Violence Indigenous leaders protesting cardboard packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group face threats and retaliation.
Colombia’s Indigenous Guard has long had to fight for a space in the national narrative. Today, it is at the center of the country’s biggest story.
On June 24, 26 fishing families living near the lakes and rivers around Barrancabermeja were forcibly displaced. They were ...
Indigenous people have now occupied land in seven of Colombia’s 32 provinces. It has been condemned by the government, which said the police would intervene.