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Title: The colombian situation: we


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The colombian situation weve hope
  • Pablo Moreno

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Wheres COLOMBIA?
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Geographical Situation
  • Colombia is a country of 44 millions inhabitants
  • Bogotá is capital city and have some urbans
    centers like Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla,
    Cartagena y Bucaramanga.
  • Colombia is northeast of Sout America and his
    frontiers are Venezuela, Océano Atlántico o Mar
    Caribe, Panamá, Océano Pacífico, Ecuador, Perú y
    Brasil.

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COLOMBIA and his neighbors
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Colombia in century XIX
  • Colombia begun like republic in 1810 after
    independence wars.
  • During century XIX were civil wars from 1854 to
    1903 betwen conservatives and liberals.
  • The end of century XIX Colombia suffer the
    conflict more large The war of onethousend days
    and lost Panamá.
  • In 1886 begun the Constitution for more than 100
    years and the Concordat with the Catholic Church.

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Colombia in the twehtieth
  • In this century Colombia won stability and a
    take off economic across cicles of cocoa,
    flowers, golden, coffe, carbon and banana.
  • In the beginnings of the century the
    conservatives ruled in Colombia. In 1930 the
    liberal party won the elections and ruled for 15
    years.
  • In this period changed the Constitution and
    Concordat producing a reaction in conservatives.

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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
  • The liberal party was divided to electoral period
    in 1945, in consequence lost the presidential.
  • Gaitan was a leader charismatic and promote the
    social and moral reform to the politics.
  • Gaitan was murdered in 1948 and begun the
    violence in all over country.
  • This violence generated twenty thousand dead
    during twelve years.

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The violence in the 50s
  • In 1953 come to an agreement for peace from
    leaders of conservative and liberal party.
  • But in the rural zones some liberals and
    conservatives groups continued struggle for the
    earth, many families were strip of his property.

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Co-goverment
  • During the 50s conservatives had the political
    power but sustaining with support of dictator
    Rojas Pinilla.
  • In 1957 Rojas was removed and the parties
    proposal the co-goverment each 4 years.
  • Rojas Pinilla launch out to election in 1970 and
    won but the electoral system no acepted this
    results.

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Guerrillas
  • After the elections in 1970 arisen M-19 urban
    nationalist movement .
  • In 1964 emerged FARC from liberals guerrilla
  • In 1965 emerged ELN from cuban inspiration, in
    this group was militant Camilo Torres Restrepo.
  • Since emerged others minors groups like EPL,
    Quintin Lame, PRT, Ricardo Franco.

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The druggs trafic
  • In the 80s emerged the business of the druggs.
  • This problem affected all sphere of the colombian
    life.
  • The politics, on the justice and executive power.
  • In the rural zones this business influencied to
    groups like ranchers, farmers and guerrillas.
  • The ranchers and the farmers agree with establish
    paramilitary groups.

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Paramilitary groups
  • The paramilitaries were supporting for political
    leaders and members from the army.
  • Population Massacre in some places were support
    with members of the army like accomplice. This
    events happened in the 80s and 90s but today the
    Justice yet not resolve this process.
  • This groups attacking democratics expresions in
    the city like Patriotic Union, Democratic
    Alliance and other groups emerged from the peace
    dialogs and agreement for demobilization.

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The new Constituition
  • The crisis in the 80s for militar offensive from
    traffic of druggs and the extraditable like
    Escobar, Gacha and Santacruz.
  • The assassinate of the candidates to president
    like Galán, Jaramillo Ossa and Pizarro.
  • The result was the called to Constituent
    Assemble in 1991.
  • The new Constitution opened participation in
    political to minorities like protestants,
    indigenous, afrodescendent, etc
  • The FARC no participed in this event.
  • The extraditable had influence in some
    participants.

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The 90s
  • During this decade the traditional political
    ruled to the country.
  • The paramilitary groups continued in growth and
    guerrillas like FARC and ELN disputed some
    strategic areas.
  • The people were displaced to urbans centers
    abandoning his properties, family and the dead.
  • The president Pastrana proposed dialogue with
    guerrilla of the FARC and offer clear up zone of
    the army.

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The 90s
  • This dialogue failure because the guerrila
    growth his activity kidnapping politics,
    militaries, civil persons, etc.
  • The goverment neither proved results in the
    negotiation nor desmovilization of paramilitary
    groups.
  • In this context the political campaign from
    Alvaro Uribe was marked for the military
    confrontation with guerrilla whom clasified like
    terrorists.

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Colombian Plan
  • The colombian plan was applicated for the last
    presidents with support from USA.
  • This plan have objective fight against
    narcotraffic and terrorism, and his social
    component is minimum.
  • Teh president Uribe proposed a agreement with
    paramilitary groups.
  • Tha law of Justice and Peace promised to
    paramilitaries demobilization, no extradition and
    reparation to the victims after admited the
    culpability in massacres.

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Demobilization
  • This program failure because goverment accused to
    paramilitaries that continued in the criminality
    and not confessed all true.
  • The paramilitaries told to media that goverment
    not realized agreements.
  • The paramilitaries accused to members of the
    Congress like his colaboraters in campaign.
  • Other accusations emerged about the president.

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The baptists
  • The baptists arrived in Colombia en XIX century
    and 1942.
  • The baptistc share with the persecution in the
    50s for religious causes.
  • The Colombian Evangelicals Confederation
    (CEDECOL) born in 1949 and his goal was advocate
    for religious liberty.
  • The baptists participed in this movement.
  • Today the baptists are members of CEDECOL

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Baptists for the peace
  • This comission work in the formation with
    peacemaker.
  • Accompaniment to displaced people.
  • Promotion of small projects for survival.
  • Orientation to churches about the conflict and
    political context in Colombia.
  • Participants only evangelicals
  • This group support the work of some communities
    in displacement situation.
  • Promote the political incidence ahead of churches
    and NGOs international.
  • Participants are catholics and evangelicals.
  • The Reconciliation, Life and Peace Comission
  • Ecumenical Network

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Baptists for peace
  • The Colombian baptist Convention aproved our
    participation in this organizations.
  • The Baptist Seminary is leader in this activities
    from 1990s especially with formation projects
  • The Baptist Seminary work in partnership with
    mennonites for the efforts to peace.
  • Baptist Seminary believe that theological
    formation should have focus in intercultural,
    interreligious and ecumenical dialogue.

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Our needs
  • Pray for us, pray for Colombia and pray for the
    end of the war no is too late.
  • Colombia have more than 4 millions of displaced
    people for the war.
  • The churches need ear and see the context with
    evangelical and political responsability.
  • The baptists are small group but are leader in
    colombian context, We need make used of influence
    for the peace.

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Weve hope
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