U'wa people
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The U'wa are an indigenous people living in the cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. Historically, the U'wa numbered as many as 20,000, scattered over a homeland that extended across the Venezuela-
U'wa leader Berito Kubaru'wa
Arauca Department
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Arauca is a department of Eastern Colombia located in the extreme north of the Orinoco Basin of Colombia, bordering Venezuela. The southern boundary of Arauca is formed by the Casanare and Meta Rivers
U'wa people
…on their lands, after legal battles and non-violent protests, Ecopetrol withdrew. The U'wa people live in northeastern Colombia, in the departments of Arauca, Boyacá, Casanare, Santander and Northern Santander. Historically, they also populated what is now Venezuela. The U'wa ancestral homeland, known as…
Sunset over the Arauca River
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy in Güicán
Cattle farming in Arauca
The arauco is the region's bird