Next June, the Truth Commission (CEV) will deliver the Final Report in which it seeks to contribute to the clarification of what happened in the armed conflict, to provide a comprehensive explanation of its complexity and to promote recognition of: the seriousness of what happened to Colombian society, the dignity of the victims and the responsibilities individual and collective.
Less than two months to get to know the report, the entity born out of the Final Peace Agreement has been holding pedagogical days in different cities and municipalities of the country, to create and provide spaces for work and participation with different academic and social organizations, so that they can take ownership of the final document .
The last of these meetings was held in Buenaventura and the district mayor, Víctor Hugo Vidal Piedrahita, representatives of the Secretariats of Coexistence, Government and Women, and the Peace Manager of Buenaventura participated in the space.
At this meeting, the representatives discussed the importance of making the reflections and recommendations of the Final Report into their own agenda, “with the aim of promoting networking and dialogue, around the political and organizational commitments necessary for the transition to peace,” the entity assured through a statement.
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The local president, Víctor Hugo Vidal Piedrahita, stated that, “the region is in a complex situation and in a different context of war, therefore speaking of truth and not repetition calls us to recognize and understand this present, and how we can overcome it.” For Vidal Piedrahita, the solution for the region is not to resign itself to living in the midst of violence, nor to abandon the territory, on the contrary, he believes that “there is a future to be built”.
Similarly, the Buenaventura District Mayor's Office confirmed its interest in strengthening the processes that have been carried out in the region during the three-year term of office of the Truth Commission. “We are ready to articulate ourselves and contribute so that, beyond the juncture, a scenario of peace is guaranteed over time.”
For her part, the territorial coordinator of the Truth Commission for Buenaventura, Eliana Sofía Angulo, said that “the great challenge in the region is that the learnings, reflections, findings and proposals collected by the Truth Commission, as set out in the Final Report, and its recommendations can serve society and the State to understand the reasons that have founded and stimulated the armed conflict in this area”.
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The violence in Buenaventura has been characterized by being particularly bloody towards the civilian population. In fact, most of the damage did not occur collateral, but as a result of criminal acts specifically directed against civilians.
According to the National Center for Historical Memory, in this municipality of 369,753 inhabitants, between 1990 and 2013, there were 4,799 homicides, 475 forced disappearances, 26 massacres with a total of 201 people killed and a total of 152,837 people victims of forced displacement.
For Manuel González Solís, deputy director of Social Pastoral: “In Buenaventura there are two sectors that are fully identified: one with financial capital, high technology and security; and at the same time a community that does not receive any kind of benefit and which seems to be hindering the port expansion project.”
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