Dicing with Death: Peru, From the River to the Jungle

The shadow of narcotrafficking and the Shining Path guerrillas still hangs over the VRAEM region and the trails that run through it. Aboard an outdated truck, Pastor Ignacio tries to spread a message of peace whenever he can, despite the fatigue he has accumulated on the road. He goes from one hardship to another to harvest bananas in these valleys, supported by Eder, a young orphan whom he has taken under his wing.

Others, like Marco and Angel, brave the infernal Amazonian trails to transport goods or help the Ashaninka Indians develop cocoa crops in the face of coca cultivation…