Yolanda Ruiz, Journalist: “In Colombia There Are Many People Processing Duels that We Haven’t Seen”

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Yolanda Ruiz (Pasto, 60), referring to journalism in Colombia, joined an abyss as she wrote her new book ‘Los quesas’, a series of stories about the impact of violence on survivors. There is Martin, a child who, without knowing what would happen, opens the door of the house to his father’s murderers; and Ivan Darío, who is looking for his twin brother who has disappeared for decades; or Pilar, the student and activist forced to rebuild her life …