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Native Colombians expand protests despite stigmatization, death threats and repression
by Adriaan Alsema March 25, 2019
Thousands of participants joined indigenous protests in southwest Colombia on Sunday, putting the government of President Ivan Duque under further pressure.
Interior Minister Nancy Patricia Gutierrez has been negotiating with indigenous representatives in Santander de Quilichao, a predominantly indigenous municipality in the southwestern Cauca province since Thursday.
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Afrocolombian communities in Cauca also joined the “minga,” or mass mobilization, to force the government to end the chronic neglect of ethnic minorities, and in particular the native Colombians.
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Even before the “minga,” the indigenous communities in Cauca received death threats from the “Aguilas Negras,” an elusive far-right group that in Cauca supports large landowners and is allegedly tied to the security forces.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/native-colombians-expand-protests-despite-stigmatization-death-threats-and-repression/