Alfonso López Epiayu

Birth : , Colombia

History

Alfonso López Epiayu is the founder of the village community of Tamaquito. In 1965, his employer, whose livestock López had previously tended for many years, left him around 10 hectares of land. López built the first huts and, over the years, the village grew until it was home to about 180 people. The forests around the settlement provided the villagers and their animals with everything they needed to survive.

Movies

La Buena Vida - The Good Life
La Buena Vida - The Good Life
The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community's way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, the leader Jairo Fuentes negotiates with the mine's operators, which soon becomes a fight to survive.