Amazon

An Indigenous person gestures during the Presidential Summit for the Amazon, in Leticia, Colombia, Sept. 6, 2019.

Coronavirus spread threatens Colombia's Amazonian Indigenous communities

COVID-19

Indigenous communities in Colombia's Amazon region lack medical personnel and infrastructure to handle a pandemic. Some worry the spread of the coronavirus could wipe out entire ethnic groups.

Coronavirus spread threatens Colombia's Amazonian Indigenous communities
The 25 youth plaintiffs represent 17 cities in Colombia, including four within the Amazon rainforest.

Colombian high court grants personhood to Amazon rainforest in case against country’s government

Colombian high court grants personhood to Amazon rainforest in case against country’s government
Mateo Kingman

Mateo Kingman makes hip-hop from his roots in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Music
Mateo Kingman makes hip-hop from his roots in the Ecuadorian Amazon