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Amidst the drums of war around the rest of the world, Latin America is experiencing its own low-intensity war, unleashed by the cartels and armed gangs that continue to strike democracy and even the institutions designed to care for it. The latest lethal attack was against Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. Many will say that his murder is part of the Colombian historical political violence, mythified by the literature of Gabr…
Chicago Tribune
With a Silent March, Colombians Condemn the Attack on a Senator and Call for an End to the Violence.
Associated Press BOGOTA (AP) — Thousands of Colombians marched Sunday in more than 20 cities across the Andean nation, condemning the attack on Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was seriously wounded. Although the rally was called by various groups, including the young politician's conservative Centro Democrático party, the rally was dubbed the "march of silence," shouts of "Miguel, my friend, Colombia is with…
Bogotá (EFE).- The "Silence March", called by political leaders and Colombian society to reject violence and support democracy, began this Sunday in Bogotá and other cities of the country with a great citizen participation in the streets. The popular mobilization was called after the attack in which he was seriously wounded the ... Read more
Because of the Colombian conversations this week, emotions are moving that are difficult to digest, such as the anxiety of not knowing well what happened, the anger that a great injustice happened, the confusion that did not want to believe that that happened, really, happened. And above all the fear that it will happen again, that Colombia is locked in a circular violence from which it is impossible to escape. Of the tragic attack that took pla…
Colombian Senator's Miraculous Survival amidst Political Turbulence
Miguel Uribe, a Colombian Senator and potential presidential candidate from the right-wing Democratic Center party, survived a gunshot wound to the head during a campaign event in Bogota. The attack has sparked widespread condemnation and forced authorities to investigate possible masterminds behind the shooting.
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