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State Apologizes to U’wa Indigenous People for Violating Their Rights

Summary by La Silla Vacía
This Thursday, in the municipality of Cubará, Boyacá, President Gustavo Petro, representing the Colombian State, apologized to the U’wa indigenous people. “The U’wa people were absolutely right today confirmed by science itself: if oil continues to be extracted, life on the planet will be extinguished. Therefore, all the actions of the governments of that time against the violent and legal U’wa community were wrong,” Petro said in the public act…
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This Thursday, in the municipality of Cubará, Boyacá, President Gustavo Petro, representing the Colombian State, apologized to the U’wa indigenous people. “The U’wa people were absolutely right today confirmed by science itself: if oil continues to be extracted, life on the planet will be extinguished. Therefore, all the actions of the governments of that time against the violent and legal U’wa community were wrong,” Petro said in the public act…

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La Silla Vacía broke the news on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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