LA GUAÑA, Ecuador, 14 August (UNHCR) - The Awa are an indigenous people who straddle the Ecuador-Colombia border but do not feel part of the modern societies on either side. That has not saved them ...

UNGUIA, Colombia, September 22 (UNHCR) - Among Colombia's many indigenous groups threatened with extinction, few are in a riskier situation than the Tule. There are only about 1,200 of them left in ...

CALDONO, Colombia — When Patricia Elago Zetty's 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia's conflict-ridden southwest, she didn't hesitate. Elago and five fellow members of the Indigenous Guard trekked ...

CALOTO, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous Nasa children are gently splashed with water using a leafy branch — a ritual meant to protect them and symbolically “open the path” — before setting off with wooden ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 8 August 2003 UNHCR is deeply ...

José Albino Cañas Ramírez did not die in a war zone, though war had shaped the landscape where he lived. He was shot at his ...

The Ramsar board is a governing entity established by local communities and Indigenous peoples in the area following the Colombian government’s declaration of the EFI as a Ramsar site — a wetland of ...

Senator Aida Quilcue was rescued from kidnappers and President Gustavo Petro had been targeted, escaping an assassination attempt.

A Colombian senator was kidnapped and held hostage for hours Tuesday as the country's president reported an attempt on his ...