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Fifty years into a civil war among rebel forces, the government, drug traffickers, and paramilitary groups, the people of Colombia continue to look for a way to find peace in the midst of persistent conflict. In Buenaventura, members of a small neighborhood established a conflict-free humanitarian zone, in partnership with the human rights organization Justice and Peace. Father Jesus Geraldo cofounded Justice and Peace 30 years ago and believes support from the international community and the Catholic Church have been key to its successes in Colombia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“We lived our life feeling comfortable, in a way, with conflict. It was always there, so maybe we don\u2019t know how it is to live without it,” says Paula Gaviria of the Colombia Victims’ Unit for Attention and Reparation. “Only people who have suffered conflict, like victims, are the ones that really know that peace needs to be made.” More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":24787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17848,8098,979,4861,991],"class_list":["post-24762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-bogota","tag-conflict","tag-humanitarian","tag-justice","tag-war","topics-humanitarian","topics-war-and-peace","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"\nWar and Human Rights in Colombia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Humanitarian and church groups seek to bring justice and peace to victims of a fifty-year civil war.\" 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