For the past two months, Felicia Bitokayo from Colombia's indigenous Embera tribe has been sheltering from the rain and the ...

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Ms. Lux played a significant role in documenting specific forms of violence that women and Indigenous Peoples underwent during the country’s civil conflict.

With ritual chants and plumes of smoke, an indigenous leader performed an ancient ceremony to bless the community-run fruit ...

Alberto Franco* has long lost count of how many times he has had to hide in the forest until the gunfire dies down. The southern Colombian forest where he grew up has been a battlefield for decades.

MOCOA, Colombia—The wall outside the small airport in Puerto Assis, in the state of Putumayo in the Colombian Amazon, is adorned with a mural depicting five women’s faces. This and Putumayo’s five ...

CABO DE LA VELA, Colombia — 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, ...

First-of-its kind project finds global concerns over rights violations, escalating threats and catastrophic climate change ...

This story is part of the Environmental Defenders series, Latin America Bureau and Global Voices. In the Magüí Reservation in Nariño, Colombia, a group of 90 women, men, children, and adolescents are ...

BOGOTA, Colombia, April 22 (UNHCR) - Indigenous groups in Colombia are in danger of disappearing amid the country's continuing conflict, warned the UN refugee agency today as it joined a mission to ...

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. 11 August 2006 UNHCR Colombia is ...

Luther College will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month through a series of events in November. The events are open ...