This urgent action from the Latin American Working Group asks you to take action to protect the communities accompanied by PBI described in our last post. Afro-Colombian and mestizo communities in Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó living in “Humanitarian Zones”–or areas where the peaceful civilians who declared themselves neutral in the conflict could be clearly differentiated from [...]

If you ask people in the Curbaradó river valley how they are doing, they will often say: ‘Aquí, luchando’ (here, struggling). During the last several months I’ve been accompanying quite a bit in Curbaradó, and am beginning to understand why they say that. Getting to Curbaradó in public transport (overcrowded jeeps) from Apartadó, the nearest [...]