Tag: ONIC
Native Colombians’ coronavirus monitoring system reports 3 dead, 90 sick in isolated community
Colombia’s indigenous organization ONIC said Friday that two babies and a woman died of...
Native Colombia ‘s recommended response to the coronavirus: return to the origin
While Colombia’s urban population is struggling, the national indigenous organizations...
Native Colombians propose immediate crop substitution to end violence
Colombia’s national indigenous organization ONIC on Tuesday urged the Government to...
Native Colombians declare humanitarian emergency citing genocide
Colombia’s national indigenous organization ONIC declared a humanitarian emergency on Friday...
Government and native Colombians resume negotiations despite deadly police attack
Despite an alleged police attack in which one indigenous protester was shot dead and multiple were...
Not stigmatizing or criminalizing protest too much to ask for government: Colombia’s indigenous
Indigenous protesters have suspended talks to lift protests with Colombia’s government after...
Colombia’s ELN and government open public participation in peace talks
Hundreds of community leaders are expected to take part in a new round of peace negotiations...
Armed conflict continues to put Colombia’s indigenous communities at risk: Report
Armed conflict and forced displacement persist as threats for Colombia’s indigenous peoples,...
Arrest of indigenous leader sparks protests in southwestern Colombia
Protesters rejected government claims that an indigenous leader arrested in southwest Colombia on Friday is a guerrilla. Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse indigenous protesters in the southwestern...
Indigenous community return home despite security warnings
A displaced indigenous community on Monday returned home to western Colombia despite warnings that the area remains unsafe. As part of the Colombia government’s program to restore land to people displaced by armed...
‘Colombia’s indigenous communities in danger of disappearing’
More than 60 indigenous communities are in danger of disappearing as they fall victim to hunger and the ongoing armed conflict, the president of National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) said Thursday. In an interview...
Colombia’s indigenous call for meeting with president
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) has called for the scheduling of a meeting promised by President Juan Manuel Santos, in an official statement released this week. The statement followed a meeting in Bogota...
