The indigenous guard is an important part of the Awá people and permanently accompanies the community. Hojal La Turbia Reservation. October 6, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Giza River in the community of Quaiquer Viejo, on the Pasto-Tumaco road at the height of Ospina Pérez. The rivers are a fundamental part for the development of the Awá communities. Old Quaiquer Reservation. October 12, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
The vast majority of the Awá indigenous reservations are located within the humid Nariño forest and their access is difficult. Many of the roads that serve as access to these remote reservations have been conditioned with palisades made in community "mingas" developed for this purpose. Great Rosario Reservation. November 16, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
The high mountains that cross the Awá territory are the source of a large amount of water, which feeds the Awá reservations in Colombia and Ecuador. Likewise, the cultivation of sugar cane, banana, cocoa and other plants are part of the life of the Awá. Alto Cartagena Reservation. October 27, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Due to the continuous murders and massacres committed against the Awá people, its members are trying to implement plans so that their extinction as an ethnic group does not occur. Cemetery in the community of El Diviso, next to the highway that connects Pasto with Tumaco. October 5, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Awá indigenous people are heading home, in the middle of the jungle in the Hojal La Turbia reservation. The Awá communities are characterized by the great distance between home and home, even if they belong to the same community. October 7, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
In "El Diviso", on the highway that connects Pasto with Tumaco, there are many Awá indigenous people who have been displaced by legal and illegal armed actors from their communities. In this area the pipeline is a constant companion and crosses almost between the houses. Daily activities take place around this pipe that transports Crude Oil and constitutes a serious risk for those who live next to it. El "Diviso" October 21, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
An Awá indigenous woman and her pet, a small domesticated bird, have had to move because of the violence of the armed conflict that hits the Awá. El Diviso, October 21, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
One of the large groups affected by the conflict that hits the Awá communities are the children, who suffer in silence due to the violations that different armed actors commit against these communities. Chachajo Community, Gran Rosario Reservation. November 16, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
"El Tigre" or Don Eduardo, Governor of the Piguambi-Palangala Reservation, talks with some guests at his home in the community of Planadas, which is located within this same reservation´s name on November 11, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
A traditional Awá doctor treats a child for a condition called "malaire" (badair), through ancestral practices, in the Hojal La Turbia Reservation. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
A traditional Awá doctor treats a child for a condition called "malaire", through ancestral practices, in the Hojal La Turbia Reservation. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
The territories where the Awá communities are located are irrigated by multiple rivers and streams, in addition to having various thermal floors and types of humid forest, ranging from the mountain range to the Pacific coastal plain. Some of the many rivers that cross the Awá territory, in the Piguambi-Palangala reservation, border with black communities, such as the one seen in the center of the image, in the Planadas community. November 10, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Awá children belonging to the community of Chachajo, play in the ravine that passes next to their population. Great Rosario Reservation. November 16, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
An Awá indigenous man crosses the Rosario River, near Guayacana, a community that is located on the Pasto-Tumaco road and which leads into the Gran Rosario Reservation. This river has been contaminated several times with crude oil. Entrance to the Gran Rosario Reservation. November 16, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Under the permanent rain that bathes the Awá territory, a woman and her son arrive at the community of Chachajo, in the Gran Rosario Reservation on November 16, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
An Awá boy and a dog wait for the rain to stop in the winter season. Gran Rosario Reservation, Chachajo community, November 16, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Forced displaced people living in "El Diviso", on the highway that connects Pasto with Tumaco and which is the only point where they could find support to settle while the public order situation improves. October 21, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Many legal and illegal armed actors cross indigenous territories, ignoring the autonomy of indigenous peoples. In this case, a girl crosses in front of a graffiti of the Columna Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre, of the FARC. Old Quaiquer Reservation. October 13, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
The concern for the situation in the Awá territory is evident. People are worried and confused. Reservation Alto Cartagena, Ricaurte. October 27, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Mrs. Mélida lost 4 children, a daughter-in-law and a grandson in the massacre of the Bravo Reservation, Tortugaña Telembí. Total despair. October 21, 2010. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Daily life in the midst of an invisible threat from legal and illegal actors in the Awá indigenous reservations in Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
