“If I can’t live in peace in my own territory, I’ll continue to take on risks to at least try to make a change and not just turn a blind eye.” “I feel that all the threats are nothing in comparison to the injustice the people of Buenaventura live through,” she said. She feels compelled to keep advocating for change in her impoverished region. ![]() ![]() “There’s collective panic, a generalised sense of insecurity where we can’t feel at ease even in our own neighbourhoods or houses or in public spaces.”Įstupiñán talks about the many “invisible borders” between neighbourhoods that make it impossible, or extremely dangerous, for local people to even move around. ![]() “It’s a really critical situation, a humanitarian crisis,” she said about the new burst of violence. Danelly Estupiñán: ‘It’s a really critical situation, a humanitarian crisis.’ Photograph: Steven Grattan
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