The campesinos of this region help each other out when their neighbours ask for assistance. They do it to support each another.  This shows that they are people with a strong sense of solidarity, it teaches us to build strong community bonds and the importance of teamwork.

 

Working for one of the armed groups doesn’t seem like a good idea to me because of the fact of losing your family, your friends, and lots of opportunities. These kinds of people generate fear, pain, terror and a lot of suffering, which is not worthy of admiration. Nevertheless, there are more of us who want peace, we want to spend each day fighting to build a better future for our families.

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Photography and text by Nicolas Duarte Zapata

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