While acts of violence against women did undergo a process of normalization, though this happened less and less, violence against LGBTQI+ people relied on social complicity. In other words, armed ...

Deadly violence targeting Colombia’s human rights defenders and community leaders maintained in 2023, according to data by think tank Indepaz. According to the non-governmental organization, 188 ...

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

Calamar, a town of 11,000 inhabitants in Guaviare, a jungle region in southeastern Colombia, is in the heart of one of these ...

Peace has long been elusive in rural Colombia – Black women’s community groups try to bring it closer each day. ... a landmark 2008 law against violence and discrimination against women.

In Quibdó, Colombia, local criminal gangs have put women in their crosshairs because of their links to rival groups, resorting to gender-based violence as a strategy for territorial control. In early ...

Against invasion, discrimination, armed groups, forced recruitment and displacement, acculturation," said Olivio Bisbicus, one of the leaders of this community of nearly 50,000. "Being an Awa ...

On June 24, 26 fishing families living near the lakes and rivers around Barrancabermeja were forcibly displaced. They were ...

Around 60 people have been killed across Catatumbo, Colombia's Ombudsman Office said late Saturday, while some residents were "taking refuge in the mountains" to escape the violence. AFP Story by AFP ...

An assassination attempt on presidential candidate Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay shook Colombia on Saturday, reviving painful memories of the political violence that has scarred the nation.

While Colombia has made notable progress in protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender-diverse (LGBT) individuals, the country must urgently address widespread ...