Colombian Senator María José Pizarro denounced a “systematic betrayal” to peace agreements in her country And he regretted the existence of “factual powers that will always oppose any social transformation in Colombia”, in an interview with EFE in Madrid.
With each betrayal, Colombia enters a “spiral of violence and degradation of Colombian armed conflict,” says Pizarro (Bogotá, 1978).
Daughter of the murdered commander of the M-19 Carlos Pizarro and human rights activist, the senator considers that The lack of implementation of the 2016 agreements has direct consequences in current Colombia: “A country with different dissidents, a distrust of armed organizations of insurgent origin (…) and a territorial dispute over drug trafficking routes. “
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Even so, he insists that the Gustavo Petro’s government is looking for the “best way to face this new cycle of violence. Pizarro had to exile in his childhood and youth after the murder of his father, in a journey that carried it to Nicaragua, Cuba, France and Spain, among other countries.
Back to Colombia, Between 2013 and 2017 he worked at the National Center for Historical Memory, a period of effervescence after the signing of the Peace Agreement with the FARC in 2016, which fed the hope of a different country. But that hope was truncated with 2018, he states, with the return of “Uribismo” to power, because “the peace agreements promised to make trizas, something that effectively happened.”
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The senator then accepted Gustavo Petro’s invitation to head her list to Congress for Bogotá, where she initiated a firm opposition work.
Latin America, “a territory in dispute”
In its analysis of the global context ensures that Latin America is a “territory in dispute” between right -wing and progressive forces, and expresses its concern about possible regional right.
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About the Elections in Ecuador, remember that the candidate Luisa González has not recognized the re -election Daniel Noboa and asks for a “democratic exit” with a transparent count. Regarding Venezuela, Pizarro considers it essential to eliminate the blockade imposed by the United States and defends a peaceful and democratic exit with shared responsibility: “Venezuela has to allow a transit to democracy, But it is not only the government’s responsibility, but also of the opposition forces, ”he concludes.
EFE
