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Pact against the Hydra
Héctor Olimpo Espinosa, Sucre Governor, Colombia.
I bring you news from a country that, sadly, could be one with the biggest authority to talk about the issue discussed in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit.
In Colombia, we have gone through all kinds of violence, from the cultural shock that the conquerors' arrival meant to the accentuation of an armed conflict that confronted paramilitaries, guerrillas and drug traffickers. All of this while going through the political violence that ended up exterminating party supporters and leaders in many regions.
According to the Truth Commission, between 1985 and 2018, there were at least 800,000 homicides registered in Colombia, which is like eliminating Guiana’s, Butan’s or Luxembourg’s populations.
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