On December 18, 2005, Evo Morales was elected President of Bolivia. For the first time in history, an Indian reached a position of power in the country. The planters in the Chapare region have consolidated a sound organisation in support of planting coca leaf, a sacred plant of great cultural and economic relevance. Today, the coca planters participate actively in the national political arena, where the values of traditional native culture and contemporary social movements converge.

The earth, its fruits, its particular places and the traditional cultural practices of its people are sacred, material and immaterial assets shared by all. Food sovereignty is at the heart of the Cauca peasant women's and indigenous communities' peaceful struggle to achieve overall sovereignty. Barter is still one of their strategies.

The armed conflict in Columbia has grown under president Uribe. Groups of ordinary people cross the border to Venezuela to escape from the paramilitary violence. What are the long-term consequences of the Columbian conflict for Venezuela and the region? What lies behind the traditional pro-American servile attitude of the Columbian oligarchy?

A compilation of Columbian film heritage material relating to indigenous communities. Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano.Colección Acevedo (1932 -1948) , Marco Tulio Lizarazo (Guerrillero Guadalupe Salcedo, 1953).

“Although you do not see us, we are there. Although you do not hear us, we are there. And also in the darkness, we are your guardians”. (http://ejercito.mil.co)