Colombia News » Vaupes News Colombia » Vaupes » Events: 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 » Events: ‘It’s only getting worse’: A rise in teenage suicides haunts Colombia’s indigenous people
News channel or source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/colombia-vaupes-mental-health-crisis-teenage-sucide/
Published on: Wednesday 09 August 2023
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 » Events: Armed recruitment of children in Colombia forces indigenous off their land
News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/armed-recruitment-children-colombia-forces-indigenous-their-land
Published on: Tuesday 11 August 2009
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 ...