In the north of the country, mining has ravaged Indigenous lands and lives for decades. They fear history is repeating as the government’s clean energy transition comes to their doorstep ...

Now let's visit Colombia's border with Venezuela. That's the border between a country that was deeply troubled some years ago and Venezuela, which is deeply troubled now. People on each side of the ...

La Guajira is the driest and hottest place you will find in Colombia and the home of the legendary Wayuu people. The Wayuu are particularly legendary because the Spanish were never able to conquer ...

In partnership with UNICEF, the Halü Foundation and the indigenous Wayúu people of northern Colombia, the Baxter International Foundation is helping bring safe water and sanitation to thousands. The ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Lack of access to clean water is leading to alarmingly high levels of child mortality and malnutrition among Colombia’s largest Indigenous group — problems that could grow ...

State failures in La Guajira have compounded water shortages that bring malnutrition and death In the early hours of the morning, an ambulance carries Rosa Epieyu and her nine-month-old son, Mateo, ...

Rosa is an elder of the matriarchal tribe Wayuu, in Northeastern Colombia. Rosa is a 50-year-old Wayuu elder who lives in Northeastern Colombia with her family. The Wayuu culture is matriarchal, and ...

Cooperation is at the heart of EPICS at Purdue. A cohort of College of Engineering students spent Spring Break 2023 on a study abroad in La Guajira, Colombia where they supported different local ...

The Wayuú Women’s Force, founded in 2006, is an Indigenous organization that denounces the coal mining that has dammed and contaminated rivers, leaving much of La Guajira without water. Members of the ...

The economic meltdown in Venezuela is contributing to Indian children across the border in Colombia dying. Health experts say the Wayuu tribe has been particularly hard-hit. Now let's visit Colombia's ...