'Forgotten' Buenaventura on edge as Colombian peace efforts drag on
'Forgotten' Buenaventura on edge as Colombian peace efforts drag on

Young members of the Shottas gang, responsible for dozens of deaths in Colombia's impoverished port city of Buenaventura, are working on a state-sponsored project to renovate the football pitch, during a lull in fighting with their archrivals.

While projects like these are welcome, the gangs say much more is needed for a permanent truce to become a realistic prospect in the city which has a poverty rate of 40 percent.