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.
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