Blog 6:

It was very difficult on picking up only one region of the world and a topic to talk about in this research paper. But as Colombian, obviously I wanted to pick a region of my country and research about it.
Colombian indigenous people continue to be the victims of human rights violations, including killings and "disappearances" in many parts of Colombia, but not only that, they are also facing other problems such as the war, policies and laws of government that are used to expel the people of this land. As a result of this plunder people are dying of hunger and only found violence, exploitation and misery. According to the Indigenous groups of Colombia, Government wants to take away the lands that were once promised and given to them. They complain that the State will not surrender the land promised to them, and the Colombian president criticizes them by saying “for what reason do they want more land if you already have much.”
The aim of the indigenous groups of Colombia is to pressure the government into returning land to indigenous farmers, the legalization of their lands.

I have chosen a few sources which I know will definitely help me discover and undertand more on this issue, and of course for the development of my final paper.

* This 1st source if simply a video I found on YOUTUBE, which shows brifly what the issue is about, alleging that 10,000 indigenous Colombians are marching against President Alvaro Uribe's policies. The protest comes one week after violence erupted during demonstrations to press for land reform and dialogue with the government.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MkZoCMJws

The 2nd source is a web I found on Google. I found this article to be very interesting because it explains what is going on right now with the indigenous Colombians, and how the president is trying to solve this issue.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/32577.php&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dproblema%2Bde%2Blas%2Btierras%2Bindigenas%2Ben%2Bcolombia%26hl%3Den

There are a few more sources I’ve found so far, but I think I have to go over a little bit more in order to understand and see if they are really usable and helpful.
I think my topic is very broad, but I think it’s interesting since it is affecting hundreds of poor people in my country, by forced displacement, murder of its leaders and violation of its rights and the privatization of the natural resources.