Ocean Malandra is a freelance journalist that divides his time between Northern California and South America. He is the author of the Moon Travel guidebooks to Colombia, a former environmental columnist for Paste Magazine, and the co-editor of an anthology on psychelic plant medicines forthcoming in 2021.
Indigenous Colombians mount a spiritual defense of the Amazon
MOCOA, Colombia — The Union of Traditional Yage Medics of the Colombian Amazon (UMIYAC) brings together five ethnic groups — the Cofán, Inga, Siona, Coreguaje, and Kamëntsá — who practice…
