Denise Milani Topleaa

We went through the golden times we can not let pass without celebrations. After many years of destitution, we have reached a stage of no pain, immunity to pain and rituals to happiness. It's time for fairs, festivals and noise, it's time for dancing, singing and joy. That, or is that the heart does not feel the blows, death no longer matters and it is best to ignore the sadness and to celebrate the crumbs left us the reality of a country to which we are accustomed.

What are hostages in the jungle, holding the human condition that gives the conflict. Returning to detonate the bombs silencing of voices that seek to speak the truth. Stealing wallets and taxes that kill anonymous and known, which collapse cities and towns.

Today's news is not news, because they are the same as yesterday. 20 years ago the newspapers headlined the same: innocent fall and fall capos, but nothing changes. Now is the time where nothing impresses us, in that the reports of yesterday are today's brief, that history repeats itself so we do not want to know it now.

Does sooner if it wanted to have the truth? Were there any clustering, in addition to the victims, who demanded sanity without falling into the path of arms?

inevitably recall the vigorous march around the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina, demanding the resignation of Democratic presidents and dictators. Da emotion observe the Palacio de la Moneda in Chile, altered by the masses to shake the floor, venting his repression following the death of Allende.

What sense can lead us to see a sad Colombia, which fills the streets in a slow, dressed in mourning and in tears around the corpse of the drug trafficker Pablo Escobar Gaviria? What can we expect from the country where the protagonists are the perpetrators and not victims?

Colombia seems a country made in reverse, in which the death of a child is capable of occupying front pages and to mourn many. But when the murder of thousands of peasants by the army, does not generate large protests. "Something will have done!", Some think, "is not as bad as they want to see," say others. Seems to matter little crime and fairly the state of the psychopath.

And to make matters worse, the media, called to be the voice of the conscience of this people confused, do nothing but tell us again that we defeated Miss Universe, the nation has changed since the great artists sing our scenarios and Mexican violence goes from bad to worse.

our violence "And whom do we speak? How many knew about the death of an artistic leader in the Comuna 13, while the III Latin American Congress of Culture visited a "revived" Medellin? How many cannon fire could be appeased by the games that lit up the sky one day paisa before we celebrate our independence? How many knew about the murder of a human rights defender the day that Miss Colombia was among the 15 most beautiful women on the planet?

this country may look better than ever, but that appearance is the result of our lazy tired from the truth, the transformation of our realities. The completion of major sporting events, visiting international artists and visiting international organizations in our territory can not be the yardstick for measuring welfare.

We live two colombia: 1) the democratic security ("Safe everywhere"), the happiest country in the world and the passion, 2) social inequality, false positives, armed conflict and their hostages. Hopefully those who choose to live first, do not ignore that there is another country that does not have many joys to celebrate.

What Role Does Platypus Play

offended Why such excitement?

photo taken of www.elespectador.com

Juan Manuel Santos is not the same as Alvaro Uribe and the Colombian people not yet understood. The differences between former and Current President surprised many skeptics who did not believe in a possible change for this nation. Today, the outlook for many seems to be different because the winds of change haunt the presidential palace.

It is therefore natural that the Colombians (including those who did not vote for Santos) have a sense of hope in a better country, even if paradoxically, over 70% was in the management of a lifeline Uribe a country which emerged from the ashes (of course!).

Accept than 70% ingenuity that has been tamed by a populist replicated by the official media, is a burden that must be loaded with the opposition sectors almost resignedly. But knowing that 30% is being seduced by shallow, as the masks of National Unity, is a symptom enough to turn the alarm policy in the new presidential term.

When columnists and senators, as Jorge Robledo, expressed at election time that the mandate of Juan Manuel Santos would be the continuity of Uribe's policies did not refer exactly to the protocol and good manners that were absent in eight years of the owner of Ubérrimo.

Despite this, minor changes observed in the early days of the new chief executive, are capable of changing the distrust founded 8 years ago, in a manner so simple that puts a big question mark over the true population of the political opposition Uribe.

Undoubtedly, the bulk of the "opposition" in Colombia is built on short-term basis and not convictions. The great example of this is the Liberal Party, who despite his many years of history and its apparent resistance to Uribe practices, decided to opt for being part of the grand coalition that will pass without problem any project (more absurd it is) of current government.

And even if the Liberals is not surprising, because it was the desperate measure of a movement that refuses to go to the archive of the bicentennial, it is inconceivable that the people agree to a change of mind so sudden.

were expected many of the events which now occupy an important place in the agenda. Of course, relations with the courts were going to fix! Of course he was going to restore diplomacy with Venezuela! Of course it was to desist from the communal councils! So why the excitement?

Todos estos cambios, hasta ahora, obedecen a cuestiones de forma y no de fondo ¿Entonces por qué pensar, de entrada, que a Colombia le esperan grandes reformas? ¿Por qué ilusionarse con un Congreso que resulta más proclive a ser manejado que el anterior? ¿Por qué soñar con el fin de la corrupción, cuando hay menos opositores reales?

La elegancia al vestir, la diplomacia y los buenos modales del nuevo Presidente son plausibles. Pero no representan ni el más mínimo cambio en el déficit económico, la alta tasa de desempleo, la concentración de la riqueza y las tierras, la violencia urbana, rural y el desplazamiento forzado.

And do not say the more optimistic than the embarrassing speech about problems the country has changed since Uribe never agreed with the murders committed by the armed forces or the persecution of the DAS, and succeeded anyway .

Colombian The real problems need real solutions that are clear of speech and pass the field purely factual. So it's not delude itself with trifles time occurred in the early days, because if that's what we have to send us, we must remember that Mr. Juan Manuel Santos gague still talking.