Online discussion with Gearóid O'Loingsigh
Women shout slogans during a demonstration
against the Colombian government's
proposed tax reform, in Bogota, on
May 1 [Fernando Vergara/AP Photo]
Colombia in revolt
Repression and resistance
in Latin America
Speaker: Gearóid O'Loingsigh (socialist author and activist)
22 June 2021
19.00 London/Dublin
Zoom platform
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Speaker
GEARÓID O'LOINGSIGH
is an Irish human rights activist and prison expert based in Bogotá.
He is the author of several books on the Colombian conflict and currently
works with the human rights organisation Equipo Jurídico Pueblos,
in defence of prisoners.
Summary
Duque is on the ropes and
the people know it. Colombia’s elite and the reformist left are fearful
of the outcome. In Colombia, there is no history of mass movements forcing
presidents to resign. It is not something the average Colombian thought
they could do, unlike in other Latin American countries that have some
experience of this. The last thing the elite want is people to feel that
this can be done, as it would set a precedent for the future. One of the
most oppressive regimes in Latin America has always been able to forcefully
deal with revolt through violence and buy off the leadership. They don’t
want people to see an alternative to that tired old formula. Gearóid
O'Loingsigh - The Struggle Continues in Colombia
https://www.leftvoice.org/the-struggle-continues-in-colombia/