A year ago, Francia Marquez was attacked with grenades and automatic weapons, targeted for defending clean water against mining pollution in the black community where she lived in Colombia’s southwest Cauca department. At the time, Colombia was en route to becoming the most dangerous country in the world for environmental activists, according to the NGO Global Witness. As both a black woman and community leader, the 38-year-old was at…
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