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Part 4; 55 minutes
Conflict is still ongoing in Colombia.
Not just against the FARC rebels.
Four million indigena, peasants and Afro-Colombians there have been dispossessed from their lands...by brutal paramilitaries hungry for the rich natural resources.
This documentary features the story of 2 Afro-Colombian women in the gold rich Cauca region fighting to keep their small family mines despite threats and murders.
AND: A new USA report says that 20 land rights activists have been killed during President Santos's time in office...August 2010.
ALSO: Security is deteriorating along the Ecuador border...forcing many to flee...with cases of sexual violence and women forced into prostitution...reports the ICG.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/colombian-border-violence-forces-communities-to-flee-think-tank
