Posts Tagged ‘Montes de María’
Montes de María, a treasure trove of stories
In this subregion of the Caribbean, a rural communications group accompanies marches, protests, and complaints from their communities with cameras and microphones. They also dedicate themselves to telling the everyday stories of peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant resistance, those that are lived on the land and in the home.
Read MoreThe space that decentralizes peace from the Montes de María
For more than 10 years, the Montes de María Regional Peace Building Space has managed to forge bonds of affection and community trust. Through the sustained work of its monthly meetings and the Reconciliation Festival, it has positioned dialogue and territorial identity as a condition for peace, becoming agents of hope for the entire region.
Read MoreWarnings about rural tourism in the post-conflict
If the rural tourism policies implemented in victimized communities are not accompanied by public policies, we will soon see new forms of dispossession, exile, and land ownership changes in the areas mentioned in the official tourism speech.
Read MoreWhat happens with rural reform in Montes de María?
The delays in the construction of Development Programs with a Territorial Approach are shortening the time to guarantee spaces for the effective participation of communities and can endanger this citizen exercise if it overlaps with electoral campaigns.
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