The Colombian Caribbean, one of the regions with the highest presence of armed groups linked to drug trafficking, human trafficking and extortion, is preparing with independent electoral witnesses for the presidential elections this Sunday, June 19.
Maestro Javier Sarabia Pedroza, director of the Danza Son de Negro de San Cayetano is part of the self-appointed "Electoral Witnesses" dedicated to independently monitor the elections, mostly farmers and fishermen who will be watching the 12 polling stations installed in the area.
Sarabia Pedroza, mentions that he hopes that the present elections will be held in peace and without fraud, since they are "the hope for us as an Afro group" because for a long time they were not taken into account for their representation.
"We are an Afro-farming people, we live from agriculture and fishing. Here we have not had a good contribution from the governments. We are hopeful that this new government will address in depth the problem of the Afro groups, especially in this area, which has been very much forgotten by the central administration," he said.
This article was produced with the support of a group of journalists covering the second round of the elections in Colombia, sponsored by the organization Global Exchange in collaboration with Peninsula 360 Press.
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