(2 Apr 2025)
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Bogota, Colombia – 02 April 2025
1. Various of Indigenous people blowing horns, holding Colombian and Indigenous flags
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Olmes Valencia, Indigenous leader:
"We do not come to demand armored cars or security for the leaders, but security in general for the people, for the entire people, for the communities."
3. Plaza de Bolivar
4. Various of protesters holding banners, flags
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Olmes Valencia, Indigenous leader:
“We are here so that the president, who is our friend, will listen to us and meet us.”
6. Various of protest
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Edwin Chávez Rivera, leader of the Indigenous communities of Nariño:
“The unfulfilled agreements relate to fundamental rights, such as health, education, access to land or investments in agriculture. They have been violated by changes that have occurred in different ministries.”
8. Various of sit-in camp
STORYLINE:
More than 1,000 Indigenous people from Colombia camped on Wednesday in front of the government house to demand action by President Gustavo Petro against illegal armed groups they say terrorize their lands.
The groups, which arrived on Monday in buses, belong to communities in the southwest of the country, such as Cauca and Nariño, near the border with Ecuador.
"We do not come to demand armored cars or security for the leaders, but security in general for the people, for the entire people, for the communities," said Indigenous leader Olmes Valencia.
In recent weeks, authorities have reported the detonation of explosives, harassment and attacks in municipalities in Cauca.
Dissident factions of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, who did not adhere to the historic peace agreement signed with the State eight years ago, and the National Liberation Army guerrillas are present there.
In addition to living under the threat of armed groups, the communities denounced not having adequate access to land, education, and health.
“The unfulfilled agreements relate to fundamental rights, such as health, education, access to land or investments in agriculture," said Edwin Chávez Rivera, leader of the Indigenous communities of Nariño.
The communities that arrived in Bogotá claim that they do not feel represented by the country’s largest Indigenous organizations, which traditionally speak on behalf of the government.
AP Video by Samuel Sotomayor
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