The Akubadaura launches the video of the National Meeting of Experiences: Indigenous Women Weavers of Leadership for the Defense of their Rights, the video collects the contributions of women, leaders of indigenous communities in Colombia and Guatemala who participated in the event. In addition to being emotional, this meeting was the ideal framework to generate […]
by Dimitri Selibas on 18 May 2022 for Mongabay Originally published by Mongabay. Read… Most of Colombia’s remaining 600 Indigenous Nukak people live in camps around Guaviare’s capital and see returning to their territory, a one million-hectare Amazonian reserve, as the only way to survive and live dignified lives. A coexistence agreement signed between the […]
By Miguel García Although his spirit had already flown to join the spirits of the jungle, his silent body had to be transferred by air from San José del Guaviare to Tomachipán, in the Colombian Amazon, for ceremonial planting in the ancestral territory, according to the customs of the Nükak People. But the journey of […]
On April 19th a medical mission led by Mayor’s office of Riosucio, Chocó Privince in Colombia, visited the Emberá Indigenous Community of Peñas Blancas, to assess the symptoms of respiratory disease presented by 97 Emberá. The visit evidenced the precarious health, vulnerability and extreme conditions of the Emberá in this region, as well as the […]