02/08/2023 02:41 (UTC)

Indigenous people demand land rights, stage road blockades in southwestern Colombia

Piendamó, Aug 1 (EFE).- Hundreds of indigenous people belonging to the so-called Landless People's Movement, Grandchildren of Quintín Lame, have blocked the Pan-American Highway in the Colombian department of Cauca, demanding land and housing from the government.

According to the organisation, around 5,000 people have blocked the road - which connects the continent from north to south - in the municipality of Piendamó with tractor-trailers, trees, and construction sand to block the passage of vehicles in both directions.

FOOTAGE OF THE INDIGENOUS BLOCKADE ON THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY, IN PIENDAMÓ, SOUTHWESTERN COLOMBIA.

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Date: 01/08/2023 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Politics » Interior policy
Politics
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 144 seconds
Reference: 55011646396
Relevance: Normal