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- Violence surged in early 2025 in Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands amid fighting between two armed guerrilla groups.
- This violence follows the 2016 peace accord signed by FARC and decades of internal conflict, making Colombia's war one of the oldest and deadliest in the world.
- Communities of African and Indigenous descent have borne a greater share of the conflict's impact, encountering significant risks from armed groups and corporations, particularly in isolated rural regions such as Chocó and Cauca.
- Vice President Francia Márquez Mina, an award-winning activist against illegal mining, survived a 2019 attack near her home in Cauca, highlighting ongoing risks to social leaders and human rights defenders.
- More than 400 peace accord signatories and over 1,200 social leaders have been killed since 2016, underscoring continued violence that challenges peace efforts and demands sustained collective resistance.
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Black Women’s Community Groups Fight For Peace In Rural Colombia
Local activists known as ‘comisionadas’ pose with women from Tanguí, Chocó, Colombia, at the end of a workshop in 2013. Tania Lizarazo Tania Lizarazo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro vowed “total peace.” But in reality, the country’s decades-long internal conflict …
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Peace has long been elusive in rural Colombia – Black women’s community groups try to bring it closer each day
Local activists known as 'comisionadas' pose with women from Tanguí, Chocó, Colombia, at the end of a workshop in 2013. Tania LizarazoIt’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro vowed “total peace.” But in reality, the country’s decades-long internal conflict continues – making it one of the oldest in the world. Viol…
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