Barrio Nelson Mandela

Barrio Nelson Mandela

The sky above the Barrio Nelson Mandela on a recent afternoon is a whirl of blue and black dots: blue ...
Peru's Dispossessed Look Homeward

Peru’s Dispossessed Look Homeward

Two years ago, a violent attack on the Ayacuchan village of Nuñunhuaycco-Patahuasi by the fundamentalist Maoist group Shining Path (Sendero ...
The Rondas: Community-based resistance or an arm of the military?

The Rondas: Community-based resistance or an arm of the military?

  Some proponents of refugee resettlement argue that peasant defense patrols-rondas campesinas-are the answer to the security concerns of returning ...
Just a Little Respect: Community Mothers Fight for Their Rights

Just a Little Respect: Community Mothers Fight for Their Rights

Behind the hills of southwest Bogotá, one finds a neighborhood that is virtually another city sprawled across the arid fields ...
Displaced in Colombia

Displaced in Colombia

Lina Moreno clutches a baby wrapped in a white blanket. She and her two sons have been squatting on a ...
Guatemala: Voices from Silent Refuge

Guatemala: Voices from Silent Refuge

On February 27, two private helicopters took off from Guatemala City’s Aurora airport and headed toward the mountains of El ...
One in Every 40 Colombians, a Refugee

One in Every 40 Colombians, a Refugee

The local priest was first to challenge the dark- ness in Guintar by stringing Christmas lights from the church steeple ...