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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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Cesar: Inequality and absence of State allows violence against social leaders
Cesar faces violence against social leaders Over the years, Colombia has faced different problems such as the war between the state and...
May 27, 20207 min read
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Natalia and Rodrigo: the honeymoon murder of Colombian environmentalists that shocked the country.
Natalia Jimenez & Rodrigo Monsalve Violence has been a constant element in the history of Colombia. It claims many victims year after...
May 26, 20209 min read
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Hernán Bermudez: The Gentle Giant Killed for Helping Others Reclaim their Land
Murdered social leader Hernan Antonio Bermudez Arevalo was involved in land restitution programs In the last years, the status and work...
May 20, 20205 min read
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The “Parapolitica” Scandal in Sucre; Perspectives and Relations to Violence.
Sucre is a department heavily associated with the Parapolitica scandal Sucre is one of the eight departments on the Caribbean coast, its...
May 20, 20208 min read
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Challenges facing the LGBTI community in Atlantico
“It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world,” Those were the words...
May 19, 20207 min read
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The role of Luis Dario Rodriguez in the south of Córdoba: A Social Leader to Remember.
Luís Dario Rodriguez was yet another victim of the violence in the south of Córdoba The systematic assassinations of social leaders in...
May 18, 20208 min read
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Bolívar: State absence leaves south of department to suffer due to the prevalence of illegal economi
The footprint of illegal mining in the south of Bolívar Bolivar department is located in the center of Colombia, and its southern part...
May 14, 20205 min read
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Slain leaders like Luis Carlos Hernández represent the visible face of our sad reality
Luis Carlos Hernández Santiago Colombia is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful countries in the world, as it has a natural wealth that...
May 8, 202011 min read
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Magdalena: Caribbean Paradise Plagued by Violence
Almost 15 years after AUC demobilisation, neo-paramilitaries exercise control over large parts of Magdalena (with tragic consequences for...
May 5, 202013 min read
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The Dynamics of Violence in Cordoba
María del Pilar Hurtado was one of the social leaders to have been killed in Cordoba Can you imagine living in a context where the...
May 3, 202010 min read
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The curious case of the Colombia Three.
Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley and James Monaghan In amongst the news yesterday of COVID 19 crisis measures and the associated death...
Apr 22, 20207 min read
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The case of park ranger Wilton Orrego and the dangers faced by those who protect nature.
Wilton Orrego After many years of armed violence in the Colombian State, illegal armed groups (IAGs) have noticed that massacres and...
Feb 19, 20204 min read
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INSIDE THE STORM: Who was Victor Manuel Trujillo?
Victor Manuel Trujillo Where is the government? That is the question that we usually use to condemn the murder of another social leader....
Jan 22, 20204 min read
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What the gruesome killing of environmental activist Nathalia Jiménez and her husband Rodrigo Monsalv
Nathalia Jiménez and Rodrigo Monsalve Unfortunately it seems that a holiday season cannot pass in Colombia without fresh outrage and the...
Dec 24, 20196 min read
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Guillermo Torres: The folk singer and former FARC member who sang his way into office
Guillermo Torres Guillermo Torres bounded inside, leaving his two bodyguards (assigned by the UNP; National Protection Unit) to sip...
Dec 18, 201912 min read
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María del Pilar Hurtado: an advocate who lived, and died, for people’s rights
María del Pilar Hurtado According to Indepaz (Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz), between the 1st of January 2016 and the...
Nov 29, 20194 min read
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José Victor Ceballos Espinayu: The indigenous teacher and activist slain for defending the rights of
Jose Victor Ceballos Epinayu was one of the many social leaders who was killed in Colombia this year. He was teacher and activist from La...
Nov 28, 20194 min read
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Manuel Osuna: The campesino whose gruesome murder highlights the impunity which reigns in Colombia.
Manuel Osuna, the rural leader who was brutally murdered by neo-paramilitary structures for his commitment to crop substitution programs...
Oct 25, 20195 min read
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Manuel Gregorio: A brief history of a tragedy in the south of Córdoba
Manuel Gregorio Imagine yourself in a pretty beautiful landscape; with vegetation, hills, and fresh air, but without any source of income...
Oct 24, 20197 min read
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“They continue killing us and nobody cares”: the message from three social leaders
*This blog post is a translation of an article published by El Espectador on June 28th, 2019. A link for the article can be found at the...
Jun 30, 20195 min read
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