Victims of the Armed Conflict in Colombia

• Photographer
  Antonio Cascio, Colombia
• Studio
  The Guardian
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A confrontation between illegal armed groups (the Clan del Golfo and the Pachecas) to control the territory, forced around 500 people from the Wiwa Indigenous community of La Sierra Nevada, Colombia, to flee their homes last February to save their life. After months living inside two government buildings where they found refuge in Riohacha, la Guajira's capital city, they still don't know if they ever return home. "Our lives are like living in a cage now" sadly says a Wiwa authority. A humanitarian crisis that, in 2023, forced more than 121,000 people to leave their homes in Colombia.

Antonio Cascio is an Italian freelance photojournalist based in Colombia. He works as a photographer stringer for Reuters News Agency and frequently contributes to The Guardian, alongside his journalist and life partner, Natalia Torres Garzón. He focuses his work on environmental justice, marginalised groups and indigenous communities. His photographs have been awarded at the Paris Photo Prize 2023-2024, IPA, BIFA, and EPA. His pictures have been published by The Guardian, Al Jazeera, El País, Mongabay News, Bloomberg, Earth Island, NACLA, Le Monde, CNN, BBC, Amnesty International, and others.

Awards "STATE OF THE WORLD AWARD 2024 AT THE PX3, CURATORIAL SELECTION"

"STATE OF THE WORLD AWARD 2023 AT THE PX3, CURATORIAL SELECTION"

"SILVER PRIZE AT THE PX3 2023, CATEGORY: PRESS / GENERAL NEWS"

"SILVER PRIZE AT THE PX3 2023, CATEGORY: PRESS / POLITICAL"

"HONORABLE MENTION AT IPA 2023 EDITORIAL / PRESS / GENERAL NEWS"

"HONORABLE MENTION AT IPA 2023 EDITORIAL / PRESS / POLITICAL"

"PLATINUM WINNER AT THE EPA 2023, CATEGORY: EDITORIAL / GENERAL NEWS"