Colombia News » Vaupes News Colombia » Vaupes: Bajo Cauca and Vaupés: Colombia’s Child Recruitment Hotspots
As in the darkest days of Colombia’s civil conflict, armed groups across the country continue to enlist and exploit teenagers. In this, the first of a three-part investigation by InSight Crime about ...
News Colombia » Vaupes: ‘It’s only getting worse’: A rise in teenage suicides haunts Colombia’s indigenous people
Some experts blame the effects of the pandemic – but is the truth behind this neglected public health crisis far more complicated? Mathew Charles is a freelance journalist based in Colombia, covering ...
News Colombia » Vaupes: Vaupés River contamination identified near rapidly expanding Amazonian town
VAUPÉS, COLOMBIA — Traditionally, for members of the Indigenous Macaquiño community in the southeastern Colombian Amazon, the Vaupés River is not just a source of water, but a living being that must ...
News Colombia » Vaupes: Armed recruitment of children in Colombia forces indigenous off their land
MITU, COLOMBIA, August 12 (UNHCR) - In a distant corner of Colombia on the border with Brazil, the department of Vaupes is home to 27 different indigenous groups, each with a different culture and ...
News Colombia » Vaupes: Cultural changes shift an Indigenous community’s relationship with the Amazon forest
VAUPÉS, COLOMBIA – As a baby, Elisa Fernández Sánchez’ mother would place her into the bow of the canoe and glide across the murky waters of the Vaupés River in the thick Amazon rainforest. Their ...
News Colombia » Vaupes: Abducted, brainwashed and plied with alcohol: Farc’s child soldiers
Forced recruitment in Colombia rose by 73 per cent between 2017 and 2018. The UN believes these figures are only the tip of the iceberg Mathew Charles is a freelance journalist based in Colombia, ...
News Colombia » Vaupes: Colombia to invest COP 30 bln in Vaupes connectivity projects
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News Colombia » Vaupes: Vaupés River contamination identified near rapidly expanding Amazonian town
Indigenous people who live downstream from a rapidly expanding Amazonian town on the banks of the Vaupés River told Mongabay the river is contaminated by sewage and has made people sick. To verify ...