Rafael Coicué on CNN en Español

Rafael Coicué, long-time activist and survivor of the 1991 Nilo massacre, where 20 Nasa indians were gunned down by paramilitaries working in collaboration with the National Police and local landowners in Northern Cauca, is currently in Washington, DC, where he will be testifying before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS. His brother was killed in the 1991 massacre. Coicué himself was shot by special forces police in his native Corinto in July 2008, losing an eye in the process. He was on CNN in Español on Wednesday.

He will be speaking in several events from Friday to Sunday, October 24-26th, in New York City. For more details about these events, check out the website of First Voices Indigenous Radio, which has been covering the developments in Cauca for the last several weeks.