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More than a thousand social leaders and human rights defenders have been killed in Colombia since 2016. La Libertad Sublime aims to share their stories, highlight their causes, and raise awareness.
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Social leaders still paying the highest price for state absence in the south of BolÃvar
Slain social leaders Erminson Rivera, Martin Bayona, Jose Obdulio Sanchez & Eduardo Vanegas Article written by Leslye Amador, Alejandra...
Nov 23, 20228 min read
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Between a rock and a hard place: The dangers faced by Women's and LGBTQ rights activists in Colombia
Aura Esther Garcia, LGBTQ+ activists, the midwives of Chocó & Francia Marquez. Article researched and written by Nicolas Convers, Valeria...
Oct 27, 20229 min read
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The thin green line: the challenges and dangers faced by those defending nature in Colombia
Luis Guevara. Gloria Ocampo and the imprint of deforestation. Article researched and written by Catalina Calderon & Paulo Coronell...
Sep 29, 20227 min read
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LGBTQ+ LEADERS IN COLOMBIA: AN UPHILL BATTLE, BEING GRADUALLY WON.
The battle for full recognition of LGBTQ+ rights remains an uphill struggle in Colombia. The work of organisations such as Caribe...
Sep 21, 20227 min read
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Children, Education, and Conflict in Colombia.
As in war zones throughout the world, children have been disprortionately affected by the conflict in Colombia. Article researched and...
Sep 9, 20229 min read
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The Cimarrona Guard: The continuation of a proud history
Members of the Cimarrona Guard face the statue of Benkos Biohó in San Basilio de Palenque. Article written and researched by Sam Arrieta,...
Aug 31, 20227 min read
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The dark side of "development": The struggles, threats and violence faced by indigenous defenders
Members of the Nasa indigenous guard, Wayúu activist Jakeline Romero Espiayu and the open pit coal mines in the north east of Colombia....
Aug 11, 202210 min read
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The current plight of the Embera community in Bogotá.
Members of the Embera community at their camps on the streets of Bogotá. Article researched and written by Danna Arrieta, Melanie Boyano...
Aug 10, 20225 min read
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IF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ARE THE KEY, WHY DON’T WE LISTEN TO THEM?
Members if the Wiwa indigenous community. Inset: the black line of the Sierra Nevada Article researched and written by Angeline Daino,...
Aug 8, 20228 min read
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A chronicle of a (slow) death foretold: The case of Wilton Orrego
Wilton’s widow Saida Garcia and teenage daughter Sheilis on the bridge over the river Don Diego (Magdalena). On the third anniversary of...
Jan 14, 202217 min read
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The brutal murder of activist Francisco Giacometto and the dangers faced by social leaders.
Community and political activist Francisco Giacometto was brutally murdered in Santa Marta in April 2021. The role of social leaders in a...
Dec 1, 202111 min read
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The need to stand up for our leaders: the case of Aura Esther Garcia Peñalver.
Aura Esther Garcia Peñalver In a world where people’s rights are continuously violated and the state does not respond, it is necessary to...
Nov 22, 202110 min read
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Yobani Carranza worked to defend the environment for his local community: it cost him his life.
Murdered local leader Yobani Carranza Castillo had worked on behalf of his community in Cesar to protect the La Mula river. In Colombia,...
Nov 19, 20217 min read
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Karina Cuesta Ortega was brutally murdered. Her life was then stigmatized.
Karina Paola Cuesta Ortega was brutally murdered in March 2021. The brutally dismembered body of young worker, social activist, and...
Nov 8, 20216 min read
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Leaders like Jaime Basilio are left at the mercy of illegal groups.
The village of Libertad, on the outskirts of San Onofre, where indigenous leader Jaime Basilio was murdered outside his home. The...
Nov 3, 20218 min read
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The murder of community leader Oswaldo Perez highlights the peril faced in marginalized areas.
Community leader and victim of forced displacement Oswaldo Perez was murdered in July 2021. The department of Bolivar is located in the...
Oct 23, 202110 min read
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The reality of social leaders in Colombia: the case of Fredman Herazo Padilla.
Cultural leader Fredman Herazo whose murder provoked outrage & frustration in his community of San Basilio de Palenque. The killing of...
Oct 21, 20219 min read
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The security situation of community leaders in the Caribbean region continues to deteriorate.
*This text is a translation of an article written by Camila Orozco Flores and Luis Fernando Trejos Rosero and published by La Silla...
Jul 10, 20213 min read
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The killing which (momentarily) shook the nation.
Maria del Pilar Hurtado, mother of four, was shot dead in front of her eldest son in June 2019. This article was originally published by...
Jun 23, 20216 min read
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Colombia’s communal leaders: paying a fatal price for representing forgotten communities.
Murdered communal leaders Luis Caldera & Jorge Betancur. In Colombia, violence, drug trafficking and the armed conflict have not ceased...
Jun 9, 202110 min read
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