Colombia represents the most severe humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere, and worldwide it is only second to Sudan. Plagued by a more then five decades long internal conflict, the country counts over 4 million internally displaced people; that is 10% of its entire population. These are individuals and families who have been uprooted from their land, and stripped of their rights. Though both international and national law protects them on paper, the everyday life experience of the majority is that of rightless people. They join the great number of the wretched and the dispossessed. Last summer, I took some notes while visiting an internally displaced camp in Bogota.
 
February 17th, 2010
Colombia: Memory and Truth

"I am grateful and honored to invite you to the Historical Memory Group of the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation," wrote historian Gonzalo Sánchez to Aldo Civico in a letter this week. The group is formed by scholars whose mission is to present a public report on the reasons for the emergence and evolution of illegal armed groups in Colombia. The Commission was established by an act of Congress and is chaired by the Vice President of Colombia.



 
 
January 31th, 2010
Rep. Jim McGovern on Human Rights in Colombia

A few days ago, I sat down with representative Jim McGovern, a democrat from the third district of Massachusetts. This time the opportunity was an interview for the Colombian daily newspaper El Espectador. We had crossed path before to talk about the slim chances for a peace process in Colombia, but in recent times it was the Peace without Border concert promoted by the Colombian pop star Juanes that gave us more opportunities to get together.



 
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  • Woke up at dawn to have breakfast with #Juanes to talk about his anti landmine campaign.
  • @CoryBooker And how amaizing if those will be also political choices!
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