Colombia News » Vaupes News Colombia » Vaupes » Commerce: 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 » Commerce: ‘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 » Commerce: 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 » Commerce: 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 ...