Las Malvinas is a female name, and it couldn’t be more appropriate for the poorest neighborhood of Barranquilla. With so many men taken or killed by the conflict, women play a vital in this community, in which many are victims of displacement: they take care of their families, their houses, and each other. A strong sense of big family transpires in these unpaved, colorful streets. Though their suffering may be great, nothing can shake their joyful outlook on life, or their determination for justice.

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