Andrea Lamount

Photographer
RESISTENCE ON JIGUAMIANDÓRIVER
Biography: (Spain/Colombia) Andrea Lamount born in Barcelona in 1984. Exhibtions: 'Resistence on Jiguamiandó River' at Claustro de San Agustín, Bogotá  Selected to represent Colombia at Niterói Encontros com América... MORE
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RESISTENCE ON JIGUAMIANDÓRIVER
Copyright Andrea Lamount 2024
Updated Nov 2011
Topics Civil Rights, Photography, Photojournalism

The Chocó region, located in the pacific north west of Colombia, is weell known for the richness of its biodiversity and ecosystem, this is why is one of the most coveted areas of the world with 46.530KM2. At the river mouth of the Atrato exist 3 lost communities within the jungle, communicated by palisades and without any kind of medical assistance. There are the Jiguamiandó communities: mestiza, afro and embera. Populations that, forbidden by the government, survive and defend their Human Rights as residents of the basin and owners of their lands.

Nowadays, this forest area is being a victim of the violent occupation of its territories at the hands of armed groups and multinationals who want to seize the wealth of the place, either for the african plant cultivation either for Cerro Cara de Perro gold mining, a magic mountain for the local residents and extremely rich in gold for the transnational corporations. This factor makes the people are suffering forced displacement and are forced to flee their homes not to be killed. They are part of the more than 2.5 million people in Colombia displaced into an unclear future.

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