Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature

Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature

PANCE, Colombia — Ofelia Opocué’s life has been shaped by loss, she says. Twenty-three years ago, the FARC gave her family an ultimatum: leave their fertile land in Toribío, in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department, within 72 hours or become part of their armed group. The family chose to flee, leaving behind cornfields, livestock and, what they underlined, the spiritual connection to their ancestral territory. Carrying what little they could,…

Bogotá, 4 Apr (Prensa Latina) More than 6,000 households in the department of Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, will benefit from the Zero Hunger strategy implemented today in the country by the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS).The post Zero Hunger Program will favor thousands of households in Cauca, Colombia first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

Hundreds of indigenous people arrived in Bogotá to seek a meeting with President Petro in order to ask him for solutions to their problems. Hundreds of indigenous people from southwestern Colombia came to the center of Bogotá to seek a meeting with President Gustavo Petro in order to ask him for solutions to their problems of education, land and security, according to representatives of that community. “We currently have many difficulties in iss…

Colombia Informa/ Resumen Latinoamericano, April 1, 2025. The CNA denounced attacks committed by groups in the service of Fedegan against the peasant country recuperator of lands in Cesar. Added to this are the attacks of the military forces against peasant communities in the departments of Cauca and Arauca. Fedegan attacks peasant communities El [...] La entrada Colombia. Army and Fedegan attack peasant communities was first published in Summar…

The country's capital faces a new challenge with the arrival of 1,800 indigenous people from the Piendamó reserve, Cauca, in Plaza de Bolívar. They confirm the arrival of 1,800 indigenous people in Bogotá This event has generated concern among the authorities about the possibility of prolonged settlements and has revived the debate about the responsibility of the National and District Government in attending demonstrations. Felipe Jiménez Sánche…

Indigenous people return to camp in Bogotá: Government would have left them in sight yasalgado Mar, 01/04/2025 - 06:24 Yasalgado author About 1,800 indigenous people, from the department of Cauca, arrived this Monday night in the city of Bogotá, in order to arrange a meeting with President Gustavo Petro, to talk about peace. Luis Enrique Yalán, Governor of the Misat indigenous reserve, in La María (Cauca), who called on the head of state to open…