Indigenous People of Colombia

Afro-Colombian Communities Finally Given Land Rights

By Russ Slater 20 September, 2011

After 12 long years, Afro-Colombian communities have finally secured the legal right to their land. On 17 September 2011, in the presence of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Colombian... Read Article

Rebel raid strips endangered Colombian tribe of emergency medicines

By Russ Slater 12 September, 2011

Armed rebels have hijacked the first attempt to provide medical aid by boat to Colombia’s near-extinct and nomadic Nukak Indians. Survival International has learned that medical staff were forced to abandon all their supplies, which included stretchers, surgical... Read Article