Briefing: Needs mount in Colombia as peace commitments lag
“You can’t just silence guns, you also have to silence inequality”
The landmark 2016 peace deal was expected to reduce Colombia’s humanitarian needs. And yet 5.1 million Colombians – more than 10 percent of the population – required assistance in February, up from 4.2 million in 2018, not to mention more than one million Venezuelans.