Colombia: Indigenous Yukpa Besieged by Deforestation and Armed Conflict

Aug 19, 2019 | Julián Sáenz and Semana Sostenible, Mongabay
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There is still hope in the innocent eyes of Yukpa children. They play, laugh, and jump about, despite the difficulties their people face. However, the adults’ eyes tell a different story: impotence, anger and pain, caused by the conditions they live in due to lack of land, hunger, deforestation and the diversion of their rivers, but above all, due to the indifference of the state.