It is painful to remember but even more to forget ... It is ten years now, the kidnapping and killing of Orlando Valencia taught us the limits of our action, to share the pain of a family, community, and social organizations that fight to end injustice, war and the imposition of development projects to the detriment of the autonomy, of life of local people, but also the dignity of even dare to shout, denouncing.
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INVISIBLE FAMILIES is a project in construction that aims at fighting the isolation and giving a face to the reality of those touched by the judicialization and detention in a correctional center of one of their relative. INVISIBLE FAMILIES looks a visibilizing the faces of family members and individuals touched by the incarceration of a close one and break the isolation, stigmatization and shame through testimonies.
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« Without the river, I can’t laugh, I can’t dream, I can’t live: rivers for life, not death! » This quote is taken from one of the testimonies that moved the activists that took part in the Caravan for the Defense of Life and Territory, an event that took place from the 15th to the 28th of August 2015. This event was organized by the The Network for Fraternity and Solidarity with Colombia.
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SIGN ONLINE Villavicencio, 1 October 2015
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An excellent animation short film illustrating the impacts of open-pit mines (Spanish subtitled in English) : https://vimeo.com/134616827 For more information visit: payadapasatan.org
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A fundamental step was taken in Havana but it leaves many unresolved challenges if it intends to truly be the tipping point towards the construction of a stable and lasting peace. Sebastián Quiroga, national spokesperson of the People’s Congress proposes “a deep shift in the Colombian political dynamics” that allows for “a true democratization of the country.
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Pacific Rubiales Energy, the most powerful Canadian Company in Colombia, is now acting under the name Alange Energy Corp and it intends to break ground on the COR-33 project in Colombia’s páramo de Sumapaz. It is important to mention that Pacific Rubiales is receiving support from the Canadian government. In 2014 alone, the company was granted close to 50 million dollars (source: Exportation et Développement Canada).
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The People’s Congress sees the just action of the 44 Criminal Circuit Judge of Bogotá that granted the freedom of the social activists detained 66 days ago, as a triumph of the social and popular movement. We commend, in the midst of a carceral society, the bravery of the judge that gave priority to the right of guarantees with not only the media pressure but also from senior officials of the Executive, the prosecuting body, and the Police.
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