BBC

The indigenous weavers who aim for empowerment over exploitation

In the Colombian city of Riohacha there are numerous street sellers of traditional bags called mochilas For every handwoven bag she sells on the palm-lined promenade of Riohacha, a city on Colombia's ...
CBS News 8

Colombian tribe purses weave their way to San Diego

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Style and social causes have collided in California in the form of colorful purses called Wayuu bags. Wayuu bags are handmade by the Wayuu Tribe in Northern Colombia. Catholic nuns ...
UNHCR

Hundreds of indigenous Wayúu flee into Venezuela

MARACAIBO, Venezuela, May 21 (UNHCR) - Hundreds of indigenous Wayúu people have sought refuge in north-western Venezuela after fleeing brutal attacks by armed groups in Colombia. The UN refugee agency ...
Jurist

HRW report: COVID-19 making it difficult for Colombia’s Wayuu indigenous group to survive

COVID-19 is making it more difficult for Colombia’s indigenous Wayuu people to survive, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Johns Hopkins Center for ...
Mongabay

In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining

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 ...
BBC

The indigenous weavers who aim for empowerment over exploitation

For every handwoven bag she sells on the palm-lined promenade of Riohacha, a city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, Sandra Aguilar feels that she's sharing a piece of her heritage. Once used exclusively ...