Within the framework of the Regional Meeting of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America of CICADA and the TICCA Consortium, a special visit to the community of Portachuelo, located in the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Indigenous Reserve of Riosucio, Caldas, Colombia, was also organized prior to this main event. With the help and support of Héctor Jaime Vinasco, project coordinator of the Cañamomo Lomaprieta Resguardo, the participants of the visit were able to familiarize themselves with the territory, the traditions, and the current problems that the community faces today.

13:00 – Arrival to the municipality of Riosucio

14:00-19:00 – Arrival to the Portachuelo community

(14:00) Community lunch
(15:30) Welcome and orientation, spiritual harmonization, dance and traditional hornpipe
(19:00) Exit and settling into host families’ homes

6:00 – Ecological and spiritual field trip to Cerro Carbunco Portachuelo’s Plaza

8:30 – Breakfast Host family

9:30-13:00 – Meeting with the Resguardo’s authorities

Structure and organization in the Resguardo Indígena Cañamomo Lomaprieta (Oscar Aníbal Largo)
History and land struggle in the Resguardo (Adalberto Hernández)
Current situation of the Resguardo and the Cabildo (Ernesto Antonio Tapasco)
Perspectives of women and youth in the Resguardo (Bertha Inés Ladino)
Main processes in development and challenges for the future (Efrén Reyes)

13:00 – Community lunch

14:00 – Introduction of CICADA (Colin Scott)

15:00 – Artisan products fair

16:00 – Coffee break and free time to share

17:00 – Return to host families

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7:00 – Breakfast Host family

8:00 – Departure to Sipirra community

9:00-10:30 – Arrival to Sipirra

(9:00) Harmonization with traditional medics of the Resguardo
(9:45) Parting words (gobernadora Arnobia Moreno)
(10:30) Coffee break and informal presentation on ancestral mining and interethnic projects
(11:30) Transportation to Pereira airport