Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence

Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence

Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence

Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives From Colombians Displaced by Violence

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Overview

For nearly five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country's own armed forces. Civilians in Colombia face a range of abuses from all sides, including killings, disappearances an'd rape-and more than four million have been forced to flee their homes. The oral histories in Throwing Stones at the Moon describe the most widespread consequence of Colombia's human rights crisis: forced displacement. Narrators recount life before displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their struggle to rebuild their lives. Among the narrators:


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781936365913
Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing
Publication date: 09/12/2012
Series: Voice of Witness
Pages: 380
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author


Sibylla Brodzinsky has spent more than twenty years writing about Latin American politics, human rights, and social issues. She is a freelance journalist in Colombia, contributing regularly to The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Guardian.

Max Schoening is a researcher and writer on human rights in Colombia. He contributed research to Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict, a forthcoming photography book documenting the history of the Colombian conflict by Stephen Ferry.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Silence of Shame Ingrid Betancourt 13

Introduction: Desplazados 17

Section 1 When Dogs Howl-the Caribbean Coast 25

Emilia Gonzålez 27

Julia Torres 49

Sergio Díaz 67

Amado Villafaña 75

Lina Gamarra 91

Section 2 The Less you Know, the More you Live-Antioquia 109

Carmen Rodríguez 111

María Victoria Jiménez 135

Zullybeth Zapata 157

Rodrigo Mejía 173

Section 3 A Big Splendid Party-Bogotá 183

Catalian Hoyos 185

Carmenza Gómez 195

Section 4 I'm no One here-Ecuador 217

Danny Cuervo 219

Ricardo Sierra 237

Section 5 Throwing Stones at the Moon-the Southwest 255

Felipe Aguilar 257

Alfredo Romero 277

Alicia Zabala 283

Mónica Quiñones 301

Mariana Camacho 309

Section 6 If you Weren't Brave, you had to Pretend to be-Eastern Plains 329

Jesús Cabrales 331

Alberto Carrasco 347

Ramón Santamaría 357

Section 7 The Path I'm Following-Urabá 365

Leonor Giraldo 367

Fernando Enamorado 375

Appendices 396

Timeline 415

Glossary 421

Endnotes 426

Acknowledgments 431

About the Editors 433

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