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News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/vaupes-river-contamination-identified-near-rapidly-expanding-amazonian-town/
Published on: Monday 20 April 2026
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 ...
News Colombia » Vaupes » Life: 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 ...