Colombia, Ecuador working to prevent Indigenous abuse by armed groups

The human rights ombudsmen of Colombia and Ecuador on Tuesday launched a joint alert system to prevent abuses by illegal armed groups from affecting Awa Indigenous communities that live along the countries’ shared border.

The alert system will inform military leaders and Government officials in both countries of potential attacks and human rights abuses in a bid to prevent them, the ombudsmen said in a press conference in Colombia’s capital Bogota.

Both sides of the border the March 15 return date he had posted was “likely but still unconfirmed”.

The tweets added to growing questions about Bolsonaro’s return home, where he faces mounting legal jeopardy related to his conduct during last year’s election, and a growing scandal over an effort to bring into the country over US$3 million worth of undeclared jewellery gifted by Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)