The Jiguamiandó River is a natural border in the Bajo Atrato sub-region, in the north of the Chocó department. Continue reading 2019: Communities resist in the crossfire
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2018: Hopes born from the Peace Agreement
In the year after the Peace Agreement was signed between Santo’s government and the (former)guerrilla of the FARC-EP, the institutions which were created within Point 5, Continue reading 2018: Hopes born from the Peace Agreement
2017: Buenaventura’s Civic Strike
In May 2017, the people of Buenaventura took to the streets to demand better living conditions and a fulfillment of their basic rights. After 22 days of peaceful protests Continue reading 2017: Buenaventura’s Civic Strike
2015: Violence and protection of environment in Casanare
2015 was a very hard year for the Social Corporation for Community Advisory and Training Services (COSPACC), as one of its leaders, environmental defender Ramon Abril Fuentes, was murdered. Continue reading 2015: Violence and protection of environment in Casanare
2014: The first urban humanitarian space in the world
There has always been a constant presence of illegal armed groups in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca. A latent fear permeates the streets, derived from the various forms of social control that these groups exercise over the local population. Continue reading 2014: The first urban humanitarian space in the world