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Colombia’s displaced flee war in Afro-Colombian heartland
In Pacific coast Colombia the town of Bajo Calima and Afro-Colombian communities are forced from homes by a long civil conflict tied to drug trade. More than four million internally displaced seek shelter, with resettlement stretching from Pereira to Sincelejo as violence, land rights, and poverty reshape lives and fuel new tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pereira
Colombia
Garces
Woodcuttle
Sudan
Norwegian Refugee Council
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Ricardo Esquivia
Arvidas
Gis
Sucre
Esquivia
Jorge Rojas
Tis
Bogota
Luis Murillo
Chaco
Murillo
U.S
Amazon
Pacific
Baja Calima
Guenaventura
TLS
Bajo Calima
Plumon
German Dario Saldarriaga
Bucaventura
Saldarriaga
Medellin
Cali
Alvaro Uribe
Lisa Haugaard
The
Latin America Working Group
Washington
Haugaard
Pluinen
Bosques Dé Otun
U.S. Agency For International Development
Congressional Black Caucus
Sincelejo
Adelina Zunga
Macayepa
Zuniga