The people of Buenaventura have been experiencing an escalation of the conflict since 2020. Today, all eyes are on the port city, because since last December 30, the lives of 170,500 people are at risk due to clashes between “Los Shotas” and “Los Espartanos”, two factions of “La Local”, a group inherited from paramilitarism. So far in 2021, according to the Pacific Regional Ombudsman’s Office, due to more than 38 confrontations that have taken place in the urban area of Buenaventura in January, 907 families – around 2186 people – have had to be forcibly displaced from their neighborhoods and 22 people have been killed, mostly young people between 16 and 35 years old who have refused to be recruited by these groups.
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Best fotos from the field 2019
In 2019 we accompanied human rights organisations in 12 departments of Colombia. Continue reading Best fotos from the field 2019
The high tides and low tides of 2019
At the beginning of the New Year in 2019, there were concerns about the situation of defenders in Colombia. 2018 had been a particularly violent year, in which figures related to violence increased Continue reading The high tides and low tides of 2019
Our best accompaniment photos from 2017
In 2017 we carried out hundreds of accompaniments throughout Colombia and these are our best photos: Continue reading Our best accompaniment photos from 2017
Celebrating PBI’s 20th Anniversary in Barrancabermeja
The celebration that we organised, as the PBI field team in Barrancabermeja, we felt it to be a necessity, because this was one of the places where we first had a presence, over twenty years ago, and where we still work today.