Marches for life and in rejection of abortion in Colombia - Other Cities - Colombia

This Sunday the ‘Great National March #ColombiaDefiendeLaVida’ took place, an event called by more than 15 civil society organizations that rejected the new regulations on abortion approved by five magistrates of the Constitutional Court.

Among the promoters of these mobilizations is Amanda Rosa Pérez, remembered for the novel ‘La costeña y el cachaco’. In a video posted on her Instagram account, the actress recounted part of her testimony to motivate people to take to the streets.

“I am a woman and I have suffered the harsh consequences of abortion. I join the defense for life,” she commented.

Pérez, who is part of the group, showed a replica of a 12-week gestation baby, “perfectly formed his little arms, legs, face, his whole little body. Innocent and defenseless. Let’s be the voice of those who have no voice and, really, let’s defend women. Colombia is ‘pro-life’”, he assured.

Another personality that he invited to go out and march was the journalist Felipe Arias. Through a video he pointed out: “My family and I support the march for life. Let’s be the voice of those little ones in the womb who have no voice, who want to live. We must defend life.”

Images on social networks

The mobilizations were convened in different cities, including Barranquilla, Armenia, Cali, Medellín, Tunja, Pereira and Bogotá. Images on social networks show the massive attendance.

Abortion in Colombia

The Constitutional Court completely decriminalized abortion in Colombia up to the 24th week of gestation. After that moment, women will be able to abort if they accept any of the three causes previously established (malformation of the fetus, rape or risk to the life of the mother).

The new decision of the Constitutional Court aroused opinions both for and against.

Photo:

Instagram: @14porcolombia and abortion_legalcol

Marches for Nickol Valentina, a young woman murdered for stealing her cell phone - Santander - Colombia

On Thursday, February 24, around 4:50 in the afternoon, a robbery seriously injured Nickol Valentinaa 15-year-old girl who has just finished classes at the Normal Superior School in Bucaramanga.

At 11:59 that same day, doctors from the Santander University Hospital announced that the minor did not resist the surgical interventions and died due to the severity of her injuries.

Nickol was attacked with a knife on the entrance stairs of the pedestrian tunnel of the Mesón de Los Bucaros interchange, just one block from his school.

This 10th grader was found by her friends, who noticed that she hadn’t come out the other side of the tunnel and ran to help her. When they arrived, Nickol was completely bathed in blood as a result of the injuries that a criminal would have caused her.

The aggressor He was captured a little more than 24 hours later in Barrancabermeja thanks to security videos from the sector.

This Saturday schoolmates, as well as the community in general, attended the Mesón de Los Bucaros sector to demand justice in this case, as well as to ask the authorities for more vigilance in the place, since they had already pointed out that it was dangerous.

🚨 The prosecution of Nickol Valentina’s murderer advances. Together with Colombia Migration, the Army and the Police we began to carry out forceful operations against criminality. These are the conclusions of today’s extraordinary security council👇 pic.twitter.com/gWSzUISRmA

– Juan Carlos Cárdenas (@JCardenasRey) February 26, 2022

They even carried out marches through some streets of the city and reached the Bucaramanga Mayor’s Office.

Nickol recently celebrated her 15th birthday with a celebration her parents held for her at her home. She wore a red dress the same color as her hair and looked very happy in the photos.

The following year she would graduate from high school and the parents of her classmates remember her as an exemplary student.

“My son tells me that she was a very good student, very responsible. We ask for justice and security,” said Elida Gómez, mother of a companion of the minor.

More content from Colombia:

They denounce that a teacher kicked a dog in front of her students

On video: driver begs members of the Eln not to burn his vehicle

Buenaventura marches against the armed strike of the Eln and the violent - Cali - Colombia

In Buenaventura, the clamor of its people persists for years against organized armed groups and drug traffickers that impose a regime of terror on its 400,000 inhabitants.

That cry is reflected in the rejection against the announcement of an armed strike in this district city where the most important port in the south-west of the country operates.

(Also read: Police frustrate Eln terrorist plan against station in eastern Cali)

That is why this Thursday, February 24, a mobilization against the violent is expected, like those that have been carried out in recent years, including 2017, with a civic strike of leaders and hundreds of people from the community.

This mobilization has the support of the Diocese of Buenaventura, which, as in the past, has led protests against violence.

(Also: Debate over the causes of death of the murdered athlete’s brother)

The march will depart at 8:00 am from the Sena headquarters and will tour neighborhoods plagued by violence, especially in the insular area.

“We ask that the authorities listen and take urgent measures in the city, which is no longer resisting,” said Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo, Bishop of Buenaventura.

The social leader José Luis Rojas expressed that murders, torture, disappearances and extortion by armed groups with ‘narcos’ are rejected.

(Also read: Blow to a network of scams with lots in the east and hillsides of Cali)

The also leader Leonard Rentería pointed out that the National Government continues to ignore the call for help with more social investment and true compliance with the agreements during the civic strike in 2017.

CALI

Buenaventura marches against armed strike and the violent - Cali - Colombia

In Buenaventura, the clamor of its people persists for years against organized armed groups and drug traffickers who impose a regime of terror on its 400,000 inhabitants.

That cry is reflected in the rejection against the announcement of an armed strike in this district city where the most important port in the south-west of the country operates.

(Also read: Police frustrate Eln terrorist plan against station in eastern Cali)

That is why this Thursday, February 24, it is expected a mobilization against the violent, like those that have been carried out in recent years, including in 2017 with a civic strike of leaders and hundreds of people from the community.

This mobilization has the support of the Diocese of Buenaventura, which, as in the past, has led protests against violence.

(Also: Debate over the causes of death of the murdered athlete’s brother)

The march will depart at 8:00 am from the Seine headquarters and will go through complex neighborhoods in violence, especially in the insular zone, those with the most misery.

“We ask that the authorities listen and take urgent measures in the city that can no longer resist,” said Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo, Bishop of Buenaventura.

The leader José Luis Rojas expressed that murders, torture, disappearances and extortions by armed groups with ‘narcos’ are rejected.

(Also read: Blow to a network of scams with lots in the east and hillsides of Cali)

Leonard Renteria, also a leader, pointed out that the government continues to ignore the call for help with more social investment and true compliance with the agreements during the civic strike in 2017.

CALI