I am asking you to please look about for Colombia. I know there is many incredibly horrendous things going on and it is tiring to learn about another. Colombia is a country in South America, we are supposed to be the happiest country in the world but we are the #1 producer of drugs too. Most of our goverment have ties to narcotrafic, many have laboratories. Corruption cost us 50Billion annually.
Recently they announced a bill to “recover” what they spend on the pandemic (there are many irregularities about everything with the pandemic, since food prizes to toiletries, to everything in between.) but mostly they have spent in publicity to have a good name (because 73% or more does not want our president), and tools to repress the people. Tanks, guns and other implements for “anti disturbs squads” ESMAD, and improves in goverment salaries. Discounts for big companies too, ofc.
Yesterday many thousand protested against the bill, a national strike. Look at the news for it, I am asking you please. Already there are casualties, but that has been normal in the last strikes or protest.
We are being killed by our goverment and police and military. News outlets are centering the narrative around COVID and an spike (we are irreaponsable) and the vandalism (we are ALL supposedly vandals.we are not.). Everyone is afraid but out goverment scare us more. We are students, farmers, teachers, HHRR, workers, even health care. We just care for our people
We have masacres most days than not (30 in 2021, +70 in 2020.) Military bombs kids. Paramilitary and guerrillas take over towns. The rural part of our country lives in constant war because of drugs. Most rural parts have nothing but drugs and its bloody money to survive because the state DOESNT CARE.
“Why do you want the monuments clean in a country so full of blood?”
Still they want to increase our taxes. I will tell you some:
- taxes to public services (light, water, etc. Already pricey)
- taxes to funerary costs (you are reading it right. In the middle of a pandemic)
- taxes to basic food
- increased “declaración de renta” or another tax because you gain money. It begins at 2M Colombian pesos and by 2023 at 1.6M Colombia pesos. 500 US dollars.
-1.7 M families are not eating at least 3 meals. And 90% of our covid deaths are 1 and 2 classs (estratos. The higher the more money you have. Yes, we are that classists)
-A toll INSIDE cities. And more in our roads. (We already are the country with most tolls in America. The whole America)
There is more but I am not feeling like writing it. There is many wrongs in my country. I would normally not share this, but I feel that is worst to be silent.
“that privilege does not cloud your empathy”
We are not supposed to survive our conditions, we are supposed to LIVE!!
Growing in The global south is a traumatic event itself. We did not ended our oppression with independence. We only changed the ones who loot us and called them allies and leaders. I’m tired and heartbroken, but I have it easier. We are taking back our dignity. It’s slow but I trust it will happen.
Update 30A: there are 7 confirmed deaths and 23 confirming, many many wounded and 1 sexual abuse. It’s not the first time police sexually abused girls, last strike many CAÍ (police stations) were burned because in many they had sexually assaulted women (I think 5 maybe more, they take the denouncing so I am not sure how trasparente it is).
Today first of May, we pretend to get out and protest with full force. We are tired of living in corruption, living in a dystopian reality. I hope this ends soon, if not I worry how many will die in the hands of the ones we pay to protect us.
Thank you all for sharing and talking about it. I would love to see what you find in the news, because I can’t find real info.
Talking brings awareness. Making memory and fighting injustice. We can built a new future. Institutions are falling, people are coming together. That bring me hope.
Please share this. Please help us.








































