Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.

Colombia's Procurator's Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City ...

Colombia this week took a leading position in Latin America for Indigenous rights and forest protection by formalizing ...

Sharing a border with Ecuador and Peru, the southern Colombian department of Putumayo takes its name from the Quechua term for “gushing river.” For some, its landscapes are a sacred doorway to the ...

Colombia this week took a leading ... Indigenous local governments across swaths of the Amazon, raising hopes that other countries in the region will follow its lead. Activists say Monday's ...

Patricia Suárez, Indigenous leader and adviser to the National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon ... other nations in the region on this issue. Colombia's new framework ...