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26 Janeiro 2019
Clashes between unidentified armed groups forced 263 families to leave their homes.
Over 700 Indigenous and Afro-Colombians from eight communities have been displaced in Tumaco, Colombia, forced out of their homes by violent clashes between unidentified armed groups on Jan. 16.
The affected, about…
31 Dezembro 2018
Presentaron una propuesta concreta para poder combatir la desigualdad.
Por primera vez, el Consejo Nacional de Planeación recibió la propuesta de los campesinos para que sean incluidos en el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo. La propuesta se hace bajo ocho ejes temáticos y lo que se busca es el…
21 Dezembro 2018
Last month, top Colombian economic minds gathered in Bogotá for a Grand Economic Forum on attracting investment as the country emerges from a decades-long civil war. Andres Cadena, a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, distilled the issue to its essence: “Colombia’s great challenge is that it…
14 Dezembro 2018
O Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena (Dsei) Alto Rio Solimões é o local do país com mais vagas não preenchidas do Mais Médicos. Esse distrito indígena concentra 20,8% das 106 vagas remanescentes do programa. São, no total, 22 em aberto. Localizado em área de extrema pobreza do país na tríplice…
11 Dezembro 2018
Colombia’s deforestation rate has been accelerating since the country’s peace accord in 2016, which formally ended a more than 50-year civil conflict.
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative in Colombia was launched in November to bring together scientists, development experts, indigenous peoples…
11 Dezembro 2018
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has reached "epidemic" proportions in recent years, causing damage to pristine forest and waterways, a conservation group said Monday as it released an unprecedented new map of the activities.
"Illegal mining in the Amazon, notably in indigenous tribal territories…
3 Dezembro 2018
Un relator de la ONU denuncia, tras visitar el país, que las personas que corren más riego, tras el Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia, son los líderes sociales que apoyan la construcción de la paz. Los asesinatos de defensores de derechos humanos se han disparado en un país en el que las tasas de…
28 Novembro 2018
El primer ministro holandés, Mark Rutte, comenzó hoy en la zona bananera de Urabá la primera visita oficial a Colombia de un jefe de Gobierno de ese país, una jornada en la que entregó 17 títulos de tierras a campesinos y en la que conversó con líderes sociales.
Acompañado por el jefe de la…
Religious and indigenous leaders join forces on initiative to end tropical deforestation in Colombia ()
22 Novembro 2018
Bogota, 22 November 2018 – In an unprecedented and historic show of unity, leaders from every major faith tradition today joined indigenous peoples, Afro-Colombian communities, climate scientists, and NGOs in pledging to defend the Amazon and end deforestation.
The Interfaith Rainforest…
6 Novembro 2018
The struggle for access to safe and sufficient water for drinking and irrigation defines life for the indigenous Wayuu of La Guajira, Colombia’s northernmost department.
Activists have described the Wayuu as being in the throes of a humanitarian crisis, with Wayuu children suffering high rates of…
4 Novembro 2018
En el departamento Cauca el movimiento campesino del Comité de Integración del Macizo Colombiano –CIMA– emprendió hace cuatro décadas un proceso para fortalecer la soberanía alimentaria y la sostenibilidad territorial. El Plan de vida ‘agua y dignidad’ responde a estos reclamos del campesinado en…
23 Outubro 2018
Jose Domingo Ulcue Collazos was on his motorcycle when he was shot.
An indigenous teacher, Jose Domingo Ulcue Collazo was killed Monday night in the town of Santander de Quilichao in the department of Cauca, Colombia. His death makes him the 173rd social leader killed in Latin America in 2018.…