UNHCR

Colombia: Wounaan indigenous people fleeing ancestral lands

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 7 April 2006 Hundreds of Wounaan ...
UNHCR

Colombia: World Indigenous Day

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 8 August 2006 To mark World Indigenous ...
Mongabay

Indigenous communities protect Colombia’s uncontacted peoples

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For more than a decade, two Indigenous communities deep in ...
Yahoo

Renewable energy ambitions in northern Colombia collide with Indigenous worries

CABO DE LA VELA, Colombia (AP) — Giant wind turbines tower over a cemetery sacred to Zoyla Velasquez and her Indigenous Wayuu community, native to the La Guajira region in northern Colombia. This arid ...
Mongabay

Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ofelia Opocué, a Nasa elder, was forced to leave her community in southwestern Colombia 23 years ago, and is now reviving her culture by creating ...
Los Angeles Times

Young Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s violent Cauca gather to resist violence and elect new voices

LAS DELICIAS, Colombia — Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. Pazu, an Indigenous ...