{"id":6659,"date":"2018-11-26T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2021-07-02T12:08:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:08:08","slug":"lideres-sociales-se-presentan-voluntariamente-a-la-fiscalia-de-yopal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=6659","title":{"rendered":"l\u00cdERES SOCIALES SE PRESENTAN VOLUNTARIAMENTE A LA FISCAL\u00cdA DE YOPAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>26\/11\/2018<br \/>\nPor Paul Salgado<\/p>\n<p>El 19 de noviembre de 2018, dos compa\u00f1erxs internacionalistas de la Red de Hermandad y Solidaridad con Colombia estuvieron acompa\u00f1ando a los campesinos y trabajadores de los llanos de Casanare y las monta\u00f1as de Boyac\u00e1 en un plant\u00f3n reivindicativo en Yopal ante la direcci\u00f3n seccional Fiscal\u00eda de la Naci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Estas mujeres y hombres con d\u00e9cadas de lucha, una lucha para dominar la tierra, y una lucha para resistir la explotaci\u00f3n y aquellos que les negar\u00edan esta tierra, se hab\u00edan organizado en colectivos y movimientos populares para defender su derecho al territorio y la vida.<\/p>\n<p>Por su lucha, ellos, y los abogados y activistas que los apoyan, han sido discriminados, estigmatizados y amenazados, no solo por paramilitares y carteles de la droga, sino por representantes del estado y del ej\u00e9rcito.<\/p>\n<p>El l\u00edder campesino, Miguel Daza, explic\u00f3 que las acciones colectivas, las huelgas y los bloqueos organizados por campesinos y trabajadores hab\u00edan llevado al Estado, como medio de represi\u00f3n contra los movimientos y organizaciones sociales, a procedimientos legales contra activistas para &#8216;callarlos y amenazarlos con detenci\u00f3n y c\u00e1rcel, y tambi\u00e9n intentar asociar a los l\u00edderes con los guerrilleros&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Tomando una posici\u00f3n valerosa contra este hostigamiento y victimizaci\u00f3n, varios l\u00edderes de movimientos sociales desafiaron abiertamente al Estado. Se presentaron en la direcci\u00f3n Seccional de Fiscal\u00eda General de la Naci\u00f3n en Yopal, la capital del departamento de Casanare, para conocer su situaci\u00f3n jur\u00eddica por su trabajo social y la defensa de los Derechos Humanos, demostrando que no ten\u00edan nada que ocultar, nada de qu\u00e9 avergonzarse y nada que temer.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6662\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yopal-0001-300x270.jpg?resize=633%2C570\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yopal-0001.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yopal-0001.jpg?resize=768%2C692&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yopal-0001.jpg?resize=1024%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yopal-0001.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Yopal-0001.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Acompa\u00f1ados por comunidades ind\u00edgenas, campesinas y trabajadores, algunos de los cuales hab\u00edan viajado cientos de kil\u00f3metros para presenciar este momento, los siete l\u00edderes de los movimientos sociales ingresaron a la fiscal\u00eda del Estado para identificarse ante las autoridades sin saber si ser\u00edan arrestados y llevados a la c\u00e1rcel como tantos otros l\u00edderes y lideresas han sido.<\/p>\n<p>La solidaridad de tantas compa\u00f1eras y compa\u00f1eros, y la determinaci\u00f3n de resistir que fue tan evidente en la protesta masiva y silenciosa en las calles de esta ciudad calurosa y h\u00fameda, debe haber tenido un efecto. Los siete salieron de la fiscal\u00eda como ciudadanos libres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Este es un reconocimiento por parte del Estado de nuestra lucha,&#8217; declar\u00f3 Fabi\u00e1n Laverde, abogado activista y responsable de la Comisi\u00f3n de DDHH del Congreso de los Pueblos. &#8216;Esta solidaridad nos ha fortalecido, pero no podemos permitirnos bajar la guardia.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>En el plant\u00f3n se reivindicaba la libertad para el l\u00edder social Hermes Burgos y la lideresa Alix Miriam Aguilar, quienes realizaban trabajo organizativo en la regi\u00f3n y por su papel en la defensa del territorio y por la lucha por condiciones de vida digna hoy se encuentran privados de la libertad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;La tierra pertenece a quienes la trabajan, tal como exigi\u00f3 el guerrillero Guadalupe Salcado en la d\u00e9cada de 1950&#8217;, insisti\u00f3 Don Marco Polo, quien hab\u00eda viajado dos horas desde Trinidad, en los llanos orinoque\u00f1os. &#8216;Y esta victoria nos impulsa a organizarnos m\u00e1s.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Esta campa\u00f1a en defensa de los l\u00edderes sociales ha unido a los ancianos &#8211; todav\u00eda demasiado j\u00f3venes para haber participado en la resistencia en la d\u00e9cada de 1950, pero inspirados en cuentos sobre los guerrilleros legendarios transmitidos por sus abuelas y madres &#8211; junto con mujeres j\u00f3venes que estudian ahora en la Universidad Pedag\u00f3gica y Tecnol\u00f3gica de Colombia, y que han tomado el nombre del legendario l\u00edder de los llanos por su propio colectivo, como una chispa para reavivar la lucha contra la desigualdad y la pobreza.<\/p>\n<p>En el plant\u00f3n se reivindicaba la libertad para el l\u00edder social Hermes Burgos y la lideresa Alix Miriam Aguilar, quienes realizaban trabajo organizativo en la regi\u00f3n y por su papel en la defensa del territorio y por la lucha por condiciones de vida digna hoy se encuentran privados de la libertad.<br \/>\nEstos colombianos, los m\u00e1s pobres, los campesinos, los desechados y los despose\u00eddos, no aparecen en los titulares de las noticias en los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n de Colombia, pero su confianza y su esp\u00edritu les dar\u00e1n un lugar en la historia de la lucha de sus pueblos, mucho despu\u00e9s de los nombres de gobernadores corruptos, alcaldes y presidentes han sido olvidados.<\/p>\n<p>Am\u00e9rica Leguizamon, una periodista del medio de comunicaci\u00f3n popular &#8216;Trochando Sin Fronteras&#8217;, dice que &#8216;la movilizaci\u00f3n ha reafirmado el trabajo organizativo y pol\u00edtico como el camino para una vida digna, y a pesar de la persecuci\u00f3n, la estigmatizaci\u00f3n y la judicializaci\u00f3n de sus l\u00edderes y las comunidades, se resisten y se juntan&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Y como lo afirm\u00f3 Esther Barreros, lideresa del Colectivo Guadalupe Salcedo en Aguazul, &#8216;actos tan valientes como este desaf\u00edo al Estado nos ayudar\u00e1n a alzar nuestras voces para exigir nuestros derechos. Sabemos la importancia de la unidad y la organizaci\u00f3n, y la lucha solo nos har\u00e1 m\u00e1s fuertes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>To be a social movement leader is not a crime<\/p>\n<p>Paul Salgado<\/p>\n<p>On 19 November 2018, two compa\u00f1eros from the Red de Hermandad and Solidaridad with Colombia had the honour and privilege of standing with, and supporting in solidarity, the campesinos and workers of the llanos of Casanare and the mountains of Boyac\u00e1 in a demonstration at the government\u2019s Attorney General offices.<\/p>\n<p>These women and men with decades of struggle &#8211; a struggle to dominate the land, and a struggle to resist exploitation and those who would deny them this land, had organised themselves into collectives and popular movements to defend their right to territory and life.<\/p>\n<p>For their fight, they &#8211; and the lawyers and activists who stand with them &#8211; have been discriminated against, stigmatised and threatened, not just by paramilitaries and drug cartels, but by representatives of the state and military.<\/p>\n<p>Campesino leader Miguel Daza explained that collective action, strikes and blockades organised by campesinos and workers had led to the state, as a means of repression against social movements and organisations, instituting legal proceedings against activists in order to &#8216;shut them up and threaten them with arrest and jail, and to also attempt to associate the leaders with the guerrillas.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Courageously taking a stand against this harassment and victimisation, several social movement leaders openly challenged the state to arrest them. They presented themselves at the Attorney General\u2019s public prosecutor\u2019s office in Yopal, the capital of the department of Casanare, to declare that they had nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to fear.<\/p>\n<p>Watched by indigenous, campesino and workers&#8217; representatives, some of whom had travelled hundreds of kilometres to witness this moment, the seven social movement leaders entered the state&#8217;s fiscal\u00eda to identify themselves to the authorities without knowing if they would be arrested and taken to jail as so many other activists have.<\/p>\n<p>The solidarity of so many compa\u00f1eras and compa\u00f1eros &#8211; the determination to resist that was so evident in the mass silent protest in the streets of this hot, humid city &#8211; must have had an effect. All of the seven walked out of the fiscal\u00eda as free citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is recognition by the state of our struggle,&#8217; declared Fabi\u00e1n Laverde, an activist lawyer and the Human Rights Commission organiser for the Congreso de los Pueblos. &#8216;This solidarity has made us stronger, but we cannot afford to lower our guard.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The protesters also demanded freedom for social leaders Hermes Burgos and Alix Miriam Aguilar, who were arrested for their organising work in local communities in defence of territory and for a dignified life, and who remain in jail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The land belongs to those who work it, just as guerrilla leader Guadalupe Salcado demanded in the 1950s,&#8217; insisted Don Marco Polo, who had travelled two hours from Trinidad, in the llanos orinoque\u00f1os. &#8216;And this victory is an impetus for us to organise more.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This campaign in defense of social leaders has united old men, still too young to have participated in the resistance in the 1950s, but who have been inspired by stories about the legendary guerrillas passed on from their grandmothers and mothers &#8211; together with young women, studying now in the Universidad Pedag\u00f3gica y Tecnol\u00f3gica de Colombia, and who have taken the guerrilla leader&#8217;s name for their own collective as a spark to reignite the struggle against inequality and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>These Colombians &#8211; the poorest, the campesinos, the discarded and dispossessed &#8211; don&#8217;t make the news headlines in Colombia&#8217;s mass media, but their confidence and their spirit will give them a place in the history of the struggle of their peoples, long after the names of corrupt governors, mayors and presidents have been forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Am\u00e9rica Leguizamon, a reporter for the local social movement\u2019s magazine &#8216;Trochando Sin Fronteras&#8217;, said: &#8216;This demonstration has reafirmed how\u00a0 organising and political work is the route to a dignified life, and that despite the persecution, stigmatisation and legal actions against their social leaders, the communities will continue resisting and will unite.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And as Esther Barreros, an organiser with the Colectivo Guadalupe Salcedo in Aguazul affirmed, &#8216;Such courageous acts as this challenge to the state will help us to raise our voices to demand our rights. 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