"I am just a campesina from Putumayo who sows rice and corn,"

[HysteryDiagnosis]

It's 2011 and still the School of the Americas remains open. Shame on us and all we have done in the name of xyz.


http://www.soaw.org/

Breaking The Silence: LAWG/USOC Report On Colombia's Disappeared

http://lawg.org/storage/documents/Colombia/BreakingTheSilence.pdf

“I am just a campesina from Putumayo who sows rice and
corn,” Ms. Meneses explained. “But I tell all other mothers
of the disappeared to keep searching. Justice should not
be delayed,” she said, with bitterness. “Justice should arrive
on time.” She spoke of the frustrations of trying to receive
reparations or other help from the government.

Right after her daughters disappeared, Ms. Meneses and her
remaining daughter Nancy sought help from local government
authorities. The mayor told her he was afraid to help. “No one
helped us, people were afraid, at that time they killed you for
nothing,” said Nancy. Finally, the two women went directly to
the paramilitary leaders.

They told Ms. Meneses to “disappear
yourself if you don’t want us to kill you too.” In October
2001, she left with her grandchildren for Nariño province,
where she lived for five years. Back in La Dorada, Nancy
continued searching for her sisters. In 2006, paramilitaries
took over her mother’s house, where Nancy lived.

Finally, Ms. Meneses returned to La Dorada, where she
herself located the graves of her daughters, and reported
them to the Attorney General’s office. Many other families
came to her to ask her to help them find their relatives’
graves. But the threats and attacks continued relentlessly,
although paramilitary groups in the area were supposedly
demobilized. Ms. Meneses and her daughter Nancy were
both forced to leave, and their relative, Ligia Meneses, was
killed in November 2007.
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[AlphaCentauri]

1. K/R

[gratuitous]

2. Here's some of that change

It would actually save money, too. Cut spending, lower the deficit, all that good stuff. Close the SOA, Mr. Obama. Close it TODAY.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Never happen

they are too intent on taking over the world and controlling
governments

[gratuitous]

4. Maybe so

But that doesn't stop me from demanding it.

[Angry Dragon]

5. My personal belief is that we need to demand loudly

to our elected officials all the things that they are doing wrong
That is the only way to combat the other side