A Pioneering Peace Laboratory in Colombia, Under Threat: “the Valley of Cimitarra Has Not Been Left to Be a Victim of the Armed Conflict, but Has Proposed Solutions”

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The social leader Yesica Méndez (Barrancabermeja, Colombia, 38 years old) wants to arouse the interest of international cooperation and European leaders in Spain, Norway, Belgium and Italy to protect the producers of the Magdalena Medio region and to finance the projects of the Asociación Campesina del Valle del Río Cimitarra (ACVC), one of the leaders of the defense of land and human rights in Colombia. The organization was born almost 30 years…