Life in a Peace Community in Colombia
Add to Cart Add to Lightbox DownloadA portion of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado, Colombia. In 1997, 1400 war-weary peasants declared they would no longer cooperate with any of the armed parties in the hemisphere’s longest-running war. They paid a heavy price for their witness; more than 200 members of the community have been killed. In 2013, two army generals were indicted for a 2005 massacre in the community, and on December 10, 2013, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, in the name of the state, publicly asked the community for forgiveness.
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- colombia-2007-jeffrey-sanjose-peace-35.jpg
- Copyright
- Paul Jeffrey
- Image Size
- 3378x2272 / 3.1MB
- Contained in galleries
- San Jose de Apartado Peace Community