Colombia News » Vaupes News Colombia » Vaupes » Culture: Why Are Indigenous Youth Killing Themselves In Colombia?
News channel or source: https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/why-are-indigenous-youth-killing-themselves-in-colombia/
Published on: Friday 23 May 2025
BOGOTÁ — Suicide used to be rare among the native communities of Vaupés, a region in eastern Colombia with the largest proportion of indigenous residents. That’s not the case anymore. Decades of ...
News Colombia » Vaupes » Culture: Bajo Cauca and Vaupés: Colombia’s Child Recruitment Hotspots
News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/bajo-cauca-and-vaupes-colombias-child-recruitment-hotspots/
Published on: Tuesday 11 June 2024
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 » Culture: Vaupés River contamination identified near rapidly expanding Amazonian town
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/vaupes-river-contamination-identified-near-rapidly-expanding-amazonian-town/
Published on: Tuesday 21 April 2026
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indigenous people who live downstream from a rapidly expanding Amazonian town on the banks of the Vaupés River told Mongabay the river is ...