Colombia's Indigenous Communities Demand Demilitarization as Fighting Escalates http://upsidedownworld.org/main/colombia-archives-61/3153-colombias-indigenous-communities-demand-demilitarization-as-fighting-escalates-

The Nasa people have long struggled to keep their autonomy and unique way of life and governance. At the same time as having government indigenous representatives, they have a completely separate Nasa system of governing and democracy. For the native leaders, the attacks by the guerillas and positioning of state military in their territory is an attack on their autonomy.