Documentary About Colombia's Native 'Women Warriors' Nears Funding Deadline

ICTMN Staff
April 19, 2013
Filmmaker Nicole Karsin is in the home stretch of getting her seven-year project to audiences, and she's reaching out...

A Hope For Indigenous Solidarity in Americas

Jay Levy
February 20, 2013
On February 7, the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET), passed a resolution as 26 federally recognized tribes stood in peaceful solidarity and spoke out in the interest of prese...

Colombian and Peru Governments Publicly Apologizes for Amazonian Rubber Boom

Barbara Fraser
October 28, 2012
A century after thousands of indigenous people died and were displaced in one of the most brutal episodes of the Amazonian rubber boom, government officials publicly apologized for...

Indigenous Colombians Evict Soldiers and Guerrillas

Rick Kearns
July 29, 2012
Indigenous guards of the Cauca region of western Colombia took steps to evict both the Colombian Army and the FARC guerrillas from their territory last week...

Car-Sized Turtle Roamed Colombia 60 Million Years Ago

ICTMN Staff
May 18, 2012
What’s the size of a Smart car and has a shell that could be used as a kiddie pool? If you answered Carbonemys cofrinii , or “coal turtle,” you would be correct...

Colombia: Challenge to Protect Uncontacted Tribes

María Clara Valencia
May 18, 2012
In order to protect isolated indigenous communities that still exist in Colombia, the Colombian government is adjusting the management plan of the National Natural Park of Rio Puré...

Venezuela Returns More Land to Yukpa People in 2011

Rick Kearns
January 05, 2012
Part of the celebrations on the Day of Indigenous Resistance in Venezuela on October 12, 2011, included the announcement that the Federal Government was returning more than 39,000 ...

Illegally Armed Group Killed Two Indian Leaders in Colombia

Maria Clara Valencia
November 26, 2011
Two Indian leaders from the Embera community in Colombia were killed by the illegally armed group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc)...

Colombia's Cofán People Struggle Against Being Squeezed Out of Territory

Barbara Fraser
November 08, 2011
In a case reminiscent of the movie Avatar, a tree symbolic to the Cofán people of southern Colombia is threatened by construction of a military base...

Murkowski Supports Free Trade Agreements With South Korea, Panama and Colombia

ICTMN Staff
October 15, 2011
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) showed her support for free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia on October 12...

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