‘They became illegal overnight’: Colombia’s shark fishing ban turns locals into criminals

‘They became illegal overnight’: Colombia’s shark fishing ban turns locals into criminals

[ad_1] Every morning, Paola Arbolera loads a few crates of smoked shark and stingray on to her wooden canoe and drags it to the river. Before the sun rises, she rows in darkness to the market in Guapi, a small fishing town on Colombia’s Pacific coast, to sell her goods. She leaves her canoe under … Read more

What Colombia’s First Black VP Really Wants from the United States

What Colombia’s First Black VP Really Wants from the United States

[ad_1] So, the forebears of my grandmother had to fight to wrest free from slavery; my grandmother had to fight against the development of the dam, which was going to impact their land; my mother had to fight so that the Ovejas River wasn’t re-routed toward the dam; and I had to fight to keep … Read more