By Steven Grattan LAS DELICIAS, Colombia (AP) \u2014 Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. Pazu, an Indigenous authority from the Nasa territory of San Francisco, Torib\u00edo, was attending an Indigenous youth assembly this week in Las Delicias, Cauca, a region long affected by conflict. Despite years of threats and an official security detail, Pazu\u2019s colleague Edgar Tumi\u00f1a was killed \u2014 months after one of his bodyguards was killed in an earlier attack. \u201cHe gave everything to protect this land and our youth,\u201d Pazu said, her voice breaking. \u201cNow, there are only a few of us left, holding onto this responsibility.\u201d Indigenous groups have often argued that they are uniquely qualified… <\/p>\n
By Steven Grattan LAS DELICIAS, Colombia (AP) \u2014 Adriana Pazu wiped away tears as she remembered a colleague who was shot dead earlier this year by an armed dissident group for defending their land. Pazu, an Indigenous authority from the Nasa territory of San Francisco, Torib\u00edo, was attending an Indigenous youth assembly this week in Las Delicias, Cauca, a region long affected by conflict. Despite years of threats and an official security detail, Pazu\u2019s colleague Edgar Tumi\u00f1a was killed \u2014 months after one of his bodyguards was killed in an earlier attack. \u201cHe gave everything to protect this land and our youth,\u201d Pazu said, her voice breaking. \u201cNow, there are only a few of us left, holding onto this responsibility.\u201d Indigenous groups have often argued that they are uniquely qualified... <\/p>\n