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Throwing Stones at the Moon - Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence (Paperback)
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Throwing Stones at the Moon - Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence (Paperback)
Series: Voice of Witness
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For nearly five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal
armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and
the country’s own military. Civilians in Colombia have to make
their lives despite the threat of torture, kidnapping, and
large-scale massacres—and more than four million have had to flee
their homes. The oral histories in Throwing Stones at the
Moondescribe the most widespread of Colombia’s human rights
crises: forced displacement. Speakers recount life before
displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their struggle to
rebuild their lives. Among the narrators: JULIA, a hospital union
leader whose fight against corruption led to a brutal attempt on
her life. In 2009, assassins tracked her to her home and stabbed
her seven times in the face and chest. Since the attack, Julia has
undergone eight facial reconstructive surgeries, and continues to
live in hiding. DANNY, who at eighteen joined a right-wing
paramilitary’s enormous training camp in the Eastern Plains of
Colombia. Initially lured by the promise of quick money, Danny soon
realized his mistake and escaped to Ecuador. He describes his
harrowing escape and his struggle to survive as a refugee with two
young children to support.
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