This report was originally published on Servindi, edited by Global Voices. In Colombia, the Awá people and their land are in the middle of an armed and socio-environmental conflict caused by other ...

INDA SABALETA, Colombia, October 8 (UNHCR) - Luz Esperanza has got off to a tough start in life. She was born barely a week ago in the Indian community of Inda Sabaleta; the delivery room a flimsy, ...

RICAURTE, Colombia, August 8 (UNHCR) - On Wednesday, the United Nations will mark World Indigenous Day. But in Colombia, where armed conflict is putting enormous pressure on the survival of indigenous ...

The Awa of Colombia are an Indigenous people who have been threatened by armed groups in the country's southwestern rainforests for decades, but insist on protecting the environment they say they are ...

There are over a 100 indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon with little or no contact with mainstream society. The Awá community is one of them. Associate Professor of Anthropology for the ...

The act of breastfeeding helps to establish a bond between the woman and the animal, making it a 'hanima,' or family member. Deep in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, the Awa tribe lives in harmony ...