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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 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:
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
DavidRossEmergingMarkets
Posted May 12, 2013
Wonderful but haunting stories
This book is wonderfully researched, full of individual traumas that we cannot comprehend here in the US. This book, in conjunction with President Uribe's book, puts the Colombian conflict and the necessary policy responses into context. One comes away with admiration for the daily courage that Colombians had to exhibit through the bad years. I highly recommend this book just for the stories of overcoming daily tragedy and also for those wanting a better understanding of the Colombian experience.
Anonymous
Posted January 31, 2013
Flew to this den filled with flovers a moss with ferns mixed lay there . A rabbit lay in the coner . Ivy hung all over the alls
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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 ...