Bogota, Colombia – Late last month, 25-year-old Indigenous leader Yermy Chocue was found dead near her home in Morales, in the Colombian department of Cauca. The young woman, a prominent human ...

In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...

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 ...

The Associated Press. Thousands of Indigenous people in Colombia pressure government over violence and land disputes. Posted: August 28, 2024 | Last updated: August 28, 2024 ...

In Colombia, Indigenous, peasant and Afro-descendant groups have escalated land occupations in recent months, seeking to ensure the government carries out long-standing land redistribution promises.

Indigenous environmental interpreter Alvaro Pai Pai walks at the El Gran Sabalo Indigenous Reservation near El Diviso, Narino department, Colombia, on Aug. 31, 2024.

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 ...

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

“Indigenous groups are between the devil and the deep sea in the south of Colombia. They are under pressure from the security forces on the one hand and from the guerrillas on the other ...

World Colombia’s territorial battle between Indigenous and Black communities. By. AFP. Published. September 8, 2022 ...

Colombia’s Indigenous Guard has long had to fight for a space in the national narrative. ... But violence persists, with old and new groups battling for territorial control.

Ecuador’s parliament has passed a law allowing private companies to help manage protected areas, prompting backlash from ...