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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 ...
Wave of deadly bombings in Cauca and Valle del Cauca prompts condemnation from international rights groups and the UN.
Calamar, a town of 11,000 inhabitants in Guaviare, a jungle region in southeastern Colombia, is in the heart of one of these ...
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 ...
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 ...
By Eduardo Campos Lima, OSV News For almost three weeks, Colombian authorities have been searching for Father Carlos Jaimes ...
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation's largest rebel group following attacks on civilians as part of a deadly turf war with ...
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.
Rising tensions between the US and Colombia suggest Donald Trump’s administration is upping the pressure on the Andean 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 ...