Graduation, Jaír F. Coll

Ex-combatants graduate in Toro, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Ariel Chiquito Marín, de 57 años, siempre fue sembrador de café en Quinchía, Risaralda, hasta que a los 45 se sumó a las filas del Frente Óscar William Calvo del EPL, “porque quería un cambio en este país”. Ahora se arrepiente de su decisión, dadas las acciones violentas en las que se vio involucrado. Quiere volver a sembrar café.

Ariel Chiquito Marín was a coffee grower in Quinchía, Risaralda, until he joined the Óscar William Calvo Front of the EPL at 45 years old, “because he wanted change in this country.” At 57 years of age, he now wants to grow coffee again and recently graduated with 26 other ex-combatants in Toro, Valle del Cauca. This portrait seeks to reflect on the people who decided to lay down their weapons to bet, instead, on their education and personal potential.