Colombia: Indigenous mobilisation for peace

Colombia: Indigenous mobilisation for peace

Some 16,000 members of Colombia’s Indigenous communities were returning home this weekend after attending the capital on International Workers’ Day ~ Rob Latchford ~ The Indigenous collective, known as the minga, had come from the southern departments of Cauca, Nariño, and Putumayo. Members of the Indigenous Guard established an encampment on the grounds of the National University of Colombia where the visitors were accommodated. In addition to …

The secretary of the Mayor of Bogotá, Miguel Silva, reported that about 70 people, 40 adults and 30 children, from the Emberá community, seek to settle again in the National Park. According to the secretary, this is not possible, because this space does not have “appropriate conditions”. Silva explained that they have provided accompaniment to the communities that have been settled in temporary shelters in the Integral Protection Units of La Rio…