INDA SABALETA, Colombia, October 8 (UNHCR) - Luz Esperanza has got off to a tough start in life. She was born barely a week ago in the Indian community of Inda Sabaleta; the delivery room a flimsy, ...

RICAURTE, Colombia, August 8 (UNHCR) - On Wednesday, the United Nations will mark World Indigenous Day. But in Colombia, where armed conflict is putting enormous pressure on the survival of indigenous ...

The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people who have been threatened by armed groups in the country's southwestern rainforests for decades, but insist on protecting the environment they say they are ...

There are over a 100 indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon with little or no contact with mainstream society. The Awá community is one of them. Associate Professor of Anthropology for the ...