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COMMENTS FROM PARTICIPANTS AT THE SANTA FE CONGRESS. Grace Smallwood, National Federation of Land Councils, Australia

The Organization of American States (OAS) commences an investigation on human rights violations related to oil development on the part of US-based multinational corporations in Ecuador

A group of armed men abducted one of Columbia's key indigenous leaders who helped to lead efforts to recover traditional indigenous lands in the Pasto region.

Colombian guerrillas crossed the Venezuelan border and attacked a military outpost in the Amazon lowlands.

Colombian guerillas and paramilitary forces continue to ravage rural areas and inflict violence on indigenous communities.

The Colombian state is planning to build roads, hydroelectric facilites, ports, and a land bridge to compete with the Panama Canal in the largely untouched rainforest of El Choco. The plan would displace 110,000 indigenous people and the Embera,…

There have been many protests in Colombia following the invasion of indigenous lands by peasants and the killing of indigenous leaders. Protesters claim the government has not held to Decrees 1396 and 1397, which protect human and indigenous rights.

This article details the Indigenous peoples and their protest in Colombia for human rights and and control over their own territories.

Zenu murdered and threatened with more violence in Colombia.

Attempts by Colombian indigenous groups to participate in the electoral process have been met with disinterest and disunity among voters as well as a lack of coordination among candidates.