NOMBRES.OPCIONES BEYOND THE TRUE AND FALSE in Colombian elections (*)
presidential elections next Sunday in Colombia are viewed as a new "consultation Uribe, as a rhetorical exercise in democracy where there is interplay between the candidates 'favorites' polls or the continuity of the economic model and repression of opposition movements.
Two decades ago, from the Colombian state was decimated some attempts of political opposition as they were the Patriotic Union and subsequently the M-19 open channel for the implementation of the neoliberal system.
And so with the breakdown which meant globally on 11 September 2001, Colombia appears in a political "Bush line very, very much in line Pentagon" as is Alvaro Uribe Velez, the outgoing chairman after failing second re-election attempt, a reflection from Colombia Cesar Vargas, a correspondent in that country of Radio Real World. Uribe
coined the term "Democratic Security" as a substitute just terminology of the National Security Doctrine. This, coupled with the "investor confidence" and "cohesion social "represent the tripod which was based on absolute power of Antioquia.
"From the side of us, democratic security meant and still means persecution of any kind of dissent, harassment of any kind of thought opposed to that model of government," says Vargas.
He cites the example of "false positives" that have received international condemnation, and the murder of union leaders, peasant communities and internally displaced persons as currency in the country.
In the current political opposition is gathered around the so-called Democratic Pole Alternatively, a front of organizations and leftist political parties with significant parliamentary involvement where they have aired serious allegations of abuse of power from the ruling party.
Two decades ago, from the Colombian state was decimated some attempts of political opposition as they were the Patriotic Union and subsequently the M-19 open channel for the implementation of the neoliberal system.
And so with the breakdown which meant globally on 11 September 2001, Colombia appears in a political "Bush line very, very much in line Pentagon" as is Alvaro Uribe Velez, the outgoing chairman after failing second re-election attempt, a reflection from Colombia Cesar Vargas, a correspondent in that country of Radio Real World. Uribe
coined the term "Democratic Security" as a substitute just terminology of the National Security Doctrine. This, coupled with the "investor confidence" and "cohesion social "represent the tripod which was based on absolute power of Antioquia.
"From the side of us, democratic security meant and still means persecution of any kind of dissent, harassment of any kind of thought opposed to that model of government," says Vargas.
He cites the example of "false positives" that have received international condemnation, and the murder of union leaders, peasant communities and internally displaced persons as currency in the country.
In the current political opposition is gathered around the so-called Democratic Pole Alternatively, a front of organizations and leftist political parties with significant parliamentary involvement where they have aired serious allegations of abuse of power from the ruling party.
Its candidate, Gustavo Petro, is the only one that presents a break with the legacy Uribe at the repressive and economically.
climate that exists in Colombia in the days before the election, says Cesar Vargas have been murdered three or four field coordinators in Barranquilla, north, and in Buga, Valle del Cauca, which appears as "notice it is defined from the right that the rise of a leftist option will not allow. "
Petro himself has stated that his family is not made possible to remain in a fixed residence due to death threats hanging over them.
"Since its inception, the Democratic Pole has been linked to the guerrillas of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and therefore is considered" military targets. " Finally
Vargas examines the positioning of who was twice mayor of Bogota, Antanas Mockus, who could compete in a runoff with official Juan Manuel Santos. "Today we can say that Mockus Uribe is opposed to or in economic or in its authoritarian character. "
As Mayor Mockus formed ESMAD Mobile Riot Squad of the police, with a heavy syllabus on violence against social movements. Mockus
being Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá altered the tariff system with the system of tuition leaving vast popular sectors outside access to university education.
"There is a belief that voting for Mockus is to vote against Uribe but there is a work of political reading a bit more about proving that they do so," he concluded saying correspondent Real World Radio from Cali Colombia.
climate that exists in Colombia in the days before the election, says Cesar Vargas have been murdered three or four field coordinators in Barranquilla, north, and in Buga, Valle del Cauca, which appears as "notice it is defined from the right that the rise of a leftist option will not allow. "
Petro himself has stated that his family is not made possible to remain in a fixed residence due to death threats hanging over them.
"Since its inception, the Democratic Pole has been linked to the guerrillas of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and therefore is considered" military targets. " Finally
Vargas examines the positioning of who was twice mayor of Bogota, Antanas Mockus, who could compete in a runoff with official Juan Manuel Santos. "Today we can say that Mockus Uribe is opposed to or in economic or in its authoritarian character. "
As Mayor Mockus formed ESMAD Mobile Riot Squad of the police, with a heavy syllabus on violence against social movements. Mockus
being Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá altered the tariff system with the system of tuition leaving vast popular sectors outside access to university education.
"There is a belief that voting for Mockus is to vote against Uribe but there is a work of political reading a bit more about proving that they do so," he concluded saying correspondent Real World Radio from Cali Colombia.
(*) Article distributed by Real World Radio before the first round. The second was played on June 20 Enrique Santos and Antanas Mockus
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