Thousands of indigenous people are on their way to Colombia’s capital Bogota to demand, among other things, peace policies that could protect them against drug violence. The native Colombians, specifically…
Armed men assassinated a former indigenous governor in southwest Colombia on Monday while other leaders were meeting with government representatives to demand a meeting with President Ivan Duque. According to…
At least six people were murdered in a massacre in a war-torn area in southwest Colombia, social leaders said on Sunday. The massacre took place in Buenos Aires, a rural…
Indigenous people from southwest Colombia on Wednesday toppled a statue of a conquistador who was sentenced to death 474 years ago for, among other things, butchering their ancestors. The statue…
Colombia’s authorities don’t seem to have a clue who committed the wave of massacres that has shocked the country over the past. The only identified suspect was the police. Cali,…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque ordered all governors and mayors of capital cities to the presidential palace last week. One of the mayors tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The…
The ELN rebels’ three-day shutdown that exposed the state’s weakness triggered an escalation of violence, including an exploding van that killed seven people in southwest Colombia on Monday. The van…
Indigenous communities from southwest Colombia again rang the alarm after three members of the Nasa nation were assassinated and one was injured in two attacks by heavily armed men. The…
If Colombia’s President Ivan Duque doesn’t respond to native Colombians’ concerns before Saturday, 30,000 of them will travel to Bogota and “take” the presidential palace, a representative said Thursday. The…