March against violence in Colombia special
Featured articlesBy Marsares
Wednesday 19 March 2008 12:16 COT
Este artículo está disponible en ESPAÑOL
Despite the invisibility of the demonstration held on 6 March 2008, with short mentions on the mass media, having been pointed out as pro-guerrilla and anti-government, in Colombia and overseas Colombians went out to the streets to remind the country that the victims of its violence exist. At least 200,000 people in Bogotá and a lot more in other cities and in foreign countries marched to remember the victims and show their contempt for all kinds of violence. With its limited resources, equinoXio also was there.
- 19 March 2008: The victims of violence in Colombia also exist
- 20 March 2008: A joint chronicle on the 6-M
- 8 April 2008: Bergen remembered the victims and said "no more paramilitaries"
- Photo album from Resistencia Civil Humanitaria Blog
This article was published 7 March 2008 in equinoXio. Translated from Spanish by Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez
Tags: Bogotá, Colombian armed conflict, Colombian politics, demonstration, FARC, guerrilla, march against violence, United Self-defence Forces of Colombia, victims, violence in Colombia
tuesday 13 may 2008, 13:29 COT
[…] 19.03.2008 March against violence in Colombia special […]