Sergio Gómez Maseri, El Tiempo, 22 de julio de 2020 There were no hugs or kisses - the novel coronavirus pandemic put paid to that.”Ĭondiciones de EE. They bid farewell to their neighbors, loaded up their animals and belongings in trucks, and hit the road.
It’s the first time since the peace agreement was signed that ex-guerrillas have been forced to move for their safety. “Their caravan of vehicles set off under government escort for Mutata, a town located hundreds of kilometers away also in the department of Antioquia. Violence forces exodus of former FARC guerrillas The groups have communicated, usually through pamphlets and WhatsApp messages, a wide range of measures that include curfews lockdowns movement restrictions for people, cars, and boats limits on opening days and hours for shops as well as banning access to communities for foreigners and people from other communities.” In at least five, the groups used violence to enforce compliance, and in at least another four threatened violence. “Human Rights Watch found that armed groups have informed local populations they were imposing rules to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in at least 11 of Colombia’s 32 states – Arauca, Bolívar, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Guaviare, Huila, Nariño, Norte de Santander, and Putumayo. Human Rights Watch reports at least nine people have been killed for defying the measures, with some residents barred from leaving their homes even if they are sick.”Ĭolombia: Armed Groups’ Brutal Covid-19 Measures “Elsewhere in Colombia, illegal armed groups have been enforcing their own quarantines in areas with limited government control, threatening civilians who fail to comply with orders by paramilitaries. In Medellín in April, residents stole from a vehicle carrying humanitarian aid.”Ĭolombia’s Hospitals Near Capacity as Paramilitaries Enforce Coronavirus Lockdowns with Violence
Police fired shots but the looters ignored them and picked the truck clean. Four days after the gas tanker exploded, a truck loaded with fish overturned on a highway near Cartagena. “Sporadic episodes of looting have broken out elsewhere in Colombia, too. Bogota‘s Security Secretary also bought COVID-19 products from the company, but for a value of $4,534 (COP16.5 million).”Ĭolombia Sees Bouts Of Looting As Coronavirus Fallout Puts People Out Of Work “Colombia’s prosecution and the Comptroller General’s Office bought $357,000 (COP1.3 billion) worth of face masks and other products at a shady company registered at the location of a motorcycle repair shop. “One 85-year-old patient was able to receive intensive care in the Simon Bolivar hospital after public pressure, but the family of an 86-year-old patient said Saturday their father was denied a promised ICU after younger patients arrived.”Ĭolombia’s anti-corruption team bought COVID-19 gear at motorcycle repair shop?Īdriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports, July 18, 2020 “Con esto, la cifra total de contagios llega a 211.038 y la de casos activos es de 104.624, pues 98.840 personas se han recuperado y 7.166 han muerto desde el inicio de la emergencia en Colombia.”ĬOVID-19 in Colombia: Bogota begins denying critical care to elderlyĪdriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports, July 19, 2020 Duque did not name-check other regional leaders who shunned a technical approach to combating coronavirus, with the exception of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, whose open disregard for democratic norms has turned him into the region’s pariah.”Ĭoronavirus en Colombia: van más de 7.000 muertos en el país “If Duque tacitly raises an eyebrow to the American approach to coronavirus, he explicitly embraces American leadership in the region, a strategy that has served Colombia well for two decades. The Hill Interview: Colombian President Duque calls for multilateral COVID-19 solutions aid and stronger diplomacy to call on the Colombian government to implement the peace accord’s ethnic chapter and gender provisions, ensure justice for the victims of the armed conflict, protect human rights defenders, advance sustainable drug policy and rural reforms to reach Colombia’s small farmers and Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities, end abuses by the Colombian armed forces, and dismantle the paramilitary successor networks.” “This joint U.S.-Colombian initiative advocates for U.S.
Latin America Working Group, et al., July 23, 2020 and Colombian Civil Society Organizations Call for Reinvigorating Peace Accord Implementation in Colombia
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