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Uwa

Hope Is a Practice: 30 Years Walking With the U’wa People

Audio Blog Hope Is a Practice: 30 Years Walking With the U’wa People In a time of repression and daily outrage, where do we find hope? For nearly 30 years, the... January 13, 2026

Press Release Reaction to Inter-American Court of Human Rights Sentence in U’wa Case Statement by U.S.-based human rights organization Amazon Watch, which has accompanied the U'wa people since 1997 December 20, 2024

Sarayaku’s Kawsak Sacha Is What the World Needs Now!

Photo Gallery Blog Sarayaku’s Kawsak Sacha Is What the World Needs Now! The Kawsak Sacha proposal aims to sustainably preserve and conserve territorial spaces, the material and spiritual relationship established... September 6, 2022

Colombian Civil Society Launch National Strike, Face Violent State Repression: Amazon Watch Statement

Press Release Colombian Civil Society Launch National Strike, Face Violent State Repression Amazon Watch expresses our solidarity with Colombian civil society and popular movements facing violent repression by state security... May 7, 2021

The U’wa Community’s Nonviolent Resistance to COVID-19 and Attacks in Colombia

Blog The U'wa Community's Nonviolent Resistance to COVID-19 and Attacks in Colombia The U'wa Indigenous Guard, active in the cloud forest of Colombia near the border with Venezuela, were formed... June 11, 2020

Amazon in Focus 2018

Report Amazon in Focus 2018 While the threats to the Amazon and indigenous peoples seem daunting at times, we cannot lose sight of... October 9, 2018

Two Decades of Fellowship with the U’wa People of Colombia

Blog Two Decades of Fellowship with the U’wa People of Colombia We are extremely proud to have accompanied Colombia's U'wa people for twenty years. October 20, 2017

My First Decade at Amazon Watch

Blog My First Decade at Amazon Watch Over ten years, I have been privileged to play a role in most of the organization's major campaign... October 19, 2017

Amplify! A Celebration of Voices from the Amazon

Photo Gallery Amplify! A Celebration of Voices from the Amazon Thank you to all our friends and supporters who joined us on September 27th, 2017 for our annual... September 28, 2017

Reclaiming Ancestral Territory: The U’wa Return After Years of Displacement

Blog Reclaiming Ancestral Territory: The U’wa Return After Years of Displacement In July, ten U'wa families packed up their belongings and returned to the hamlet known as Río Negro... August 24, 2017

New Highway Brings Deforestation Near Two Colombian National Parks

News New Highway Brings Deforestation Near Two Colombian National Parks In the depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon, on its border with Peru, indigenous communities have been denouncing what... June 27, 2017

Berito’s Vision

Blog Berito’s Vision If UNESCO designated people as World Heritage sites, Berito Kuwaru'wa would be a leading candidate. On one hand,... February 17, 2017

Colombia’s U’wa Still Teaching Us How To Resist

Blog Colombia’s U’wa Still Teaching Us How To Resist The U'wa consider themselves the guardians of their sacred ancestral homeland. In accordance with their natural laws, for... February 3, 2017

Beautiful Solidarity: Our Historic Visit to U’wa Sacred Territory

Blog Beautiful Solidarity: Our Historic Visit to U’wa Sacred Territory At Amazon Watch we are extremely proud of the relationship of solidarity we have built with the U’wa,... December 1, 2016

Will Colombia’s Peace Process Have an Environmental Dark Side?

Blog Will Colombia’s Peace Process Have an Environmental Dark Side? For the majority of Colombians, and for those who have worked on human rights in Colombia, the conflict... November 16, 2016

Portraits of Resistance: Inside the Peaceful U’wa Uprising

Blog Portraits of Resistance: Inside the Peaceful U’wa Uprising Peace is more than the silencing of guns, and that the peace accord will not address all sources... September 26, 2016

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