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Award of Excellence
Espen Rasmussen Panos Pictures
"La Violencia"
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The slum around Bogota, where several hundred
thousands displaced lives. Three million people have been displaced by the
violent conflict in Colombia. Yet after 40 years of civil war and with the
second highest number of IDPs (internally displaced persons) in the world
after Sudan, the conflict hardly merits a mention in the international media.
Civilians bear the brunt of the violence, caught up in the crossfire between
government soldiers, leftist rebels, cocaine smugglers and far-right
paramilitary militias. Hundreds of thousands flee to urban areas and big
cities. But their problems are not over when they reach the cities. The
paramilitaries and guerrillas are active in the urban areas and IDPs continue
to live in fear of violence and intimidation. Colombia, November, 2007
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