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Written by<\/strong>:\u00a0Alex Maldonado-Lizardi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Xiomara Cintron-Garcia<\/a>\u00a0who serve with the Christian Centre for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action (Justapaz), Bogota, Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you get rid of unfair practices,
    quit blaming victims,
    quit gossiping about other people\u2019s sins,
If you are generous with the hungry
    and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,
Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
    your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.
I will always show you where to go.
    I\u2019ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places\u2014
    firm muscles, strong bones.
You\u2019ll be like a well-watered garden,
    a gurgling spring that never runs dry.
You\u2019ll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
    rebuild the foundations from out of your past.
You\u2019ll be known as those who can fix anything,
    restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
    make the community livable again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–Isaiah 58, 11-12 (MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are territories where one would like to go, grab a megaphone and start shouting Isaiah 58, 11-12 for every sidewalk, for every house made of sticks from the Cauca River with mud and mining waste, for every field flattened by drones and bombs, for every settlement that is woven with displaced people from more than thirty regions of the country. One wishes so many times that fasts had that ancestral force that fixes the broken issues of life once and for all, but it is not so. Then, one sees pastors and social leaders walking through human settlements, and calling people to a meeting in the tent of the dirt plaza, and one knows that this force is still there, giving back the spirit to the people, enlivening the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every human settlement starts from a problematic legal premise: its illegality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article 2 of Law 2044 of 2020 lists two types of settlements with the same framework and the same illegitimacy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Consolidated illegal human settlement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Precarious illegal human settlement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their difference lies in the level of infrastructural development achieved by the settled communities: number of houses located, buildings, construction materials, infrastructure for public services installed, road paving and state institutions established and available, although none of this has functional urban planning principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within this framework of habitability, on February 8, 2024, a team from Justapaz, together with church allies from the Jard\u00edn settlement, in C\u00e1ceres, Antioquia, strengthened a collaboration in accompaniment to define technical, legal and conceptual problems, towards a possible coordination of dialogues with national authorities and their respective responsibilities for monitoring and compliance with human rights in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The settlement is the result of years of violence and government negligence. In 2023 alone, \u201c2,217 people were registered as victims of mass displacement events in the municipality of C\u00e1ceres,\u201d says a report by the MIRE+ (Intersectoral Emergency Response Mechanism) in consortium with the organization Action Against Hunger. On July 9 of the same year, and with the regional elections on the sidelines, the Ombudsman’s Office denounced actions by illegal armed groups such as the Clan del Golfo<\/em>, the Ej\u00e9rcito de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (ELN) and the FARC-EP dissidents who have forced peasants to demonstrate against the public force to prevent it from doing its constitutionally mandated work. They have also committed homicides, then preventing relatives from transporting the bodies to urban areas, forcing them to bury them in the fields to prevent the crime from being recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are numerous structural factors that condition and perpetuate these dynamics. The high rate of unemployment leads people to become involved in illegal mining, informal sales, and in more than one case, end up linked to armed groups for the benefits they offer such as surveillance, extortion, etc. And it seems that there is not much more when the civilian population is affected by the high costs of basic goods, the lack of local production in the gardens and in the raising of animals. Insufficient access to health and education also compounds this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2024, a note from Caracol Radio broadcast the complaint made by the leadership of the territory about how paramilitary groups had remodeled a health center in a village in C\u00e1ceres, supplanting the government\u2019s responsibilities. At least that is what the headline stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, a report by the organization Paz y Reconciliaci\u00f3n<\/em>, in 2018, stated that \u201cone of the biggest problems for youth in Bajo Cauca, as in most of the country, is the lack of opportunities after finishing secondary and high school.\u201d The aftermath is devastating: at least, some 500 young people who finish high school are left on a silver platter for armed actors, illegal economies and informality. They can join the logistics teams of these groups in messenger work; \u2018bell-ringers\u2019, who report to the different groups the entry of strange or foreign people into the territory; coca crop scrapers or \u201cbarequeros\u201d[1]<\/a> in some mine. Ultimately, some young people become involved as hitmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The settlements are becoming filled with the remains of these systemic components. For this reason, building peace there is not only about looking at imperatives of correct or moral conduct and legal frameworks, but also about setting the stage for formulating the continuity of life, through processes of social negotiation and minimum agendas of justice that lead to the gradual elaboration of collective, socio-cultural and political life projects, capable of framing a viable territorial coexistence where it would not seem so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tone of illegality given to these settlements fuels their constant stigmatization and marginalization, paralyzing the possibility of their restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we reverse these patterns or change their composition into forms of solidarity that establish community autonomy, to repair gaps, repopulate devastated places (Is. 58,12)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every democratic sense has the diverse forms of the role of its citizens in it. This is made possible by the formation of civic consciences and social responsibility in each subject that makes up a community. From there, this awareness and responsibility must actively manage mechanisms for the protection of its democratic principles as \u201cfundamental organizing\u201d principles (such as Human Rights) that ensure respect for a dignified life and the differences between human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This type of training exercise provides an ideal environment for the identification of conflicts originating in and from the community under a framework of transformation and reconciliation. After all, it is the communities who best understand their needs, sensitivities, activities and limitations, as well as the root points of their conflicts. This is a first step, reversing patterns of stigmatization and strengthening solidarity and community capacities for their own reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is only when local actors manage to resolve their differences at the community level and create a common sense of ownership and long-term sustainable responsibility that the gaps are repaired and what was devastated is repopulated. These are not strokes of luck. These are people mobilized by hope, guided by the God of life, satisfied in dry lands and rediscovering how to walk through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reparar brechas, repoblar los lugares arrasados: acompa\u00f1amiento al asentamiento, El Jard\u00edn, C\u00e1ceres, Antioquia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Se\u00f1or te guiar\u00e1 siempre;
    te saciar\u00e1 en tierras resecas
    y fortalecer\u00e1 tus huesos.
Ser\u00e1s como jard\u00edn bien regado,
    como manantial cuyas aguas no se agotan.
12 <\/sup><\/strong>Tu pueblo reconstruir\u00e1 las ruinas antiguas
    y levantar\u00e1 los cimientos de anta\u00f1o;
ser\u00e1s llamado \u201creparador de muros derruidos\u201d,
    \u201crestaurador de calles transitables\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Isa\u00edas 58, 11-12 (NVI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hay territorios en los que uno quisiera bajarse, agarrar un meg\u00e1fono y empezar a gritar Isa\u00edas 58, 11-12 por cada vereda, por cada casa hecha de palos del r\u00edo Cauca con residuos de lodo y miner\u00eda, por cada cancha aplastada por drones, por cada asentamiento que se teje con desplazados de m\u00e1s de treinta regiones del pa\u00eds. Uno quisiera tantas veces que los ayunos tuvieran esa fuerza ancestral y milenaria que arregla los asuntos desportillados de la vida de una vez, pero no es as\u00ed. Entonces, uno ve pastores y l\u00edderes sociales caminando por los asentamientos humanos, y convocando gente a una reuni\u00f3n en la carpa de la plaza de tierra, y sabe que esa fuerza sigue ah\u00ed, devolvi\u00e9ndole el esp\u00edritu a la gente, animando el territorio.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todo asentamiento humano parte de una premisa jur\u00eddica problem\u00e1tica: su ilegalidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En el art\u00edculo 2 de la Ley 2044 de 2020, se recogen dos tipos de asentamiento con el mismo marco y el mismo talante de ilegitimidad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Asentamiento humano ilegal consolidado<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Asentamiento humano ilegal precario[1]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Su diferencia descansa en el nivel de desarrollo infraestructural alcanzado por las comunidades asentadas: cantidad de viviendas ubicadas, edificaciones, materiales de construcci\u00f3n, infraestructura para servicios p\u00fablicos instalada, pavimentaci\u00f3n vial e institucionalidad estatal fijada y disponible, aunque nada de esto cuente con principios de planificaci\u00f3n urbana funcionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    En este marco de habitabilidad, durante el pasado 8 de febrero de 2024, un equipo de Justapaz, junto con aliados de iglesias del asentamiento Jard\u00edn, en C\u00e1ceres, Antioquia, fueron afianzando una colaboraci\u00f3n en acompa\u00f1amiento para definir problem\u00e1ticas t\u00e9cnicas, jur\u00eddicas y conceptuales, hacia una posible coordinaci\u00f3n de di\u00e1logos con autoridades nacionales y sus respectivas responsabilidades de veedur\u00eda y cumplimiento de DDHH en el territorio.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    El asentamiento es resultado de a\u00f1os de din\u00e1micas de violencia y negligencias gubernamental. Solo en 2023, \u201cse registraron 2,217 personas como v\u00edctimas de eventos de desplazamiento masivo en el municipio de C\u00e1ceres\u201d, dice un informe del MIRE+ <\/em>(Mecanismo Intersectorial de Respuesta en Emergencia) en consorcio con la organizaci\u00f3n Acci\u00f3n Contra el Hambre<\/em>.[2]<\/a> El 9 de julio del mismo a\u00f1o, y con los comicios electorales regionales de costado, la Defensor\u00eda del Pueblo denunciaba acciones de grupos armados ilegales como el Clan del Golfo, el ELN y las disidencias de las FARC quienes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    han obligado a campesinos a hacer manifestaciones contra la fuerza p\u00fablica para impedirle ejercer su labor constitucional. Tambi\u00e9n han implementado una modalidad de homicidio, en la que impiden a los familiares trasladar los cuerpos hasta las zonas urbanas, los obligan a enterrarlos en los campos para evitar que sea registrado el hecho criminal[3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Son numerosos los factores estructurales que condicionan y perpet\u00faan estas din\u00e1micas. La baja tasa de empleo lleva a que personas se vinculen a la miner\u00eda ilegal, las ventas informales y, en m\u00e1s de un caso, acaben vinculadas a grupos armados por los beneficios que ofrecen en el territorio a trav\u00e9s de servicios como vigilancia, extorsi\u00f3n, etc. Y es que no parecer\u00eda haber mucho m\u00e1s cuando la poblaci\u00f3n civil se ve afectada por los altos costos de la canasta familiar, la falta de producci\u00f3n local en las huertas y en la crianza de animales. A esto suman los insuficientes accesos a la salud y educaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    En febrero de 2024, una nota de Caracol Radio difund\u00eda la denuncia que hiciera el liderazgo del territorio sobre c\u00f3mo las AGC habr\u00edan remodelado un centro de salud en una vereda en C\u00e1ceres suplantando las responsabilidades y funciones correspondientes al Estado. Al menos eso se\u00f1alaba el titular.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Por otro lado, un diagn\u00f3stico para un reportaje de la organizaci\u00f3n Paz y Reconciliaci\u00f3n<\/em>, se planteaba en 2018 que \u201cuno de los mayores problemas para la juventud en el Bajo Cauca, como en la mayor\u00eda del pa\u00eds, es la falta de oportunidades despu\u00e9s de finalizar la educaci\u00f3n media y secundaria\u201d. La secuela es desoladora:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    como m\u00ednimo, unos 500 j\u00f3venes que terminan su bachillerato quedan en bandeja de plata para los actores armados, las econom\u00edas ilegales y la informalidad. Estos pueden entrar a equipos de log\u00edstica de estos grupos en labores de mensajer\u00eda; \u2018campaneros\u2019, que reportan a los distintos grupos la entrada de personas extra\u00f1as o ajenas al territorio; raspadores de cultivos de coca o barequeros[4]<\/a> en alguna mina. En \u00faltimas, algunos j\u00f3venes llegan a vincularse como sicarios[5]<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Los asentamientos se van llenando de los saldos de esos componentes sist\u00e9micos. Por esto, en ellos, construir paz no solo es mirar imperativos de conducta y marcos jur\u00eddicos, sino plantear el \u00e1mbito para formular la continuidad de la vida, a trav\u00e9s de procesos de negociaci\u00f3n social y agendas m\u00ednimas de justicia que deriven en la elaboraci\u00f3n paulatina de proyectos de vida colectivos, socio-culturales y pol\u00edticos, capaces de enmarcar una convivencia territorial viable donde no lo parecer\u00eda.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    El tono de ilegalidad otorgado a estos asentamientos abastece su constante estigmatizaci\u00f3n y marginalidad, embargando la posibilidad de su restauraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00bfC\u00f3mo invertir estos patrones o trocar su composici\u00f3n hacia formas solidarias y que asienten las autonom\u00edas comunitarias, para reparar brechas, repoblar los lugares arrasados (Is. 58,12)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Todo sentido democr\u00e1tico cuenta con las formas diversas del papel de su ciudadan\u00eda en ella. Esto se viabiliza con la formaci\u00f3n de conciencias c\u00edvicas y de responsabilidad social en cada sujeto que conforma una comunidad. Desde all\u00ed, esa conciencia y responsabilidad debe gestionar, de forma activa, mecanismos para la protecci\u00f3n de sus principios democr\u00e1ticos en cuanto principios \u201corganizadores fundamentales\u201d (como los Derechos Humanos) que velan por el respeto a la vida digna y las diferencias entre los seres humanos[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Este tipo de ejercicio formativo surte un \u00e1mbito id\u00f3neo para la identificaci\u00f3n de los conflictos originados en y desde la comunidad bajo un marco de transformaci\u00f3n y reconciliaci\u00f3n. Despu\u00e9s de todo, son las comunidades quienes mejor comprenden sus necesidades, sensibilidades, actividades y limitaciones, as\u00ed como los puntos de ra\u00edz de sus conflictos. Este es un primer paso, invertir patrones de estigmatizaci\u00f3n y afianzar las capacidades solidarias y comunitarias para su propia reconciliaci\u00f3n[7]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Y es que es solo cuando los actores locales logran resolver sus diferencias a nivel comunitario, y conforman un sentido com\u00fan de propiedad y responsabilidad sostenible a largo plazo que las brechas se reparan y lo arrasado se vuelve a poblar. No son golpes de suerte. Son pueblos movilizados por la esperanza, guiados por el Dios de la vida, saciados en tierras resecas y redescubriendo c\u00f3mo caminar sobre ellas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Alex and Xiomara\u2019s appointments are made possible by your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund, Our Church\u2019s Wider Mission, and your special gifts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Make a gift that supports the work of Alex Maldonado-Lizardi and Xiomara Cintron-Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    [1]<\/a> LEY N\u00b0 2044 30 de julio de 2020 “POR EL CUAL SE DICTAN NORMAS PARA EL SANEAMIENTO DE PREDIOS OCUPADOS POR ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS ILEGALES Y SE DICTAN OTRAS DISPOSICIONES”, Minvivienda, aceeso el 14 de agosto de 2024,  https:\/\/minvivienda.gov.co\/sites\/default\/files\/normativa\/ley-2044-del-30-de-julio-de-2020_0.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [2]<\/a> \u00abColombia: Ficha de Cierre de Emergencias – Antioquia, C\u00e1ceres – MIRE+ (04\/12\/2023)\u00bb, Reliefweb, acceso el 14 de agosto de 2024, https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/colombia\/colombia-ficha-de-cierre-de-emergencias-antioquia-caceres-mire-04122023#:~:text=En%20el%20a%C3%B1o%202023%2C%20se,por%20eventos%20de%20desplazamiento%20masivo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [3]<\/a> \u00abDefensor\u00eda del Pueblo solicita a grupos armados no instrumentalizar a poblaci\u00f3n de C\u00e1ceres (Antioquia) en su disputa territorial\u00bb, Defensor\u00eda del Pueblo, acceso el 14 de agosto de 2024, https:\/\/www.defensoria.gov.co\/-\/defensor%C3%ADa-del-pueblo-solicita-a-grupos-armados-no-instrumentalizar-a-poblaci%C3%B3n-de-c%C3%A1ceres-antioquia-en-su-disputa-territorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [4]<\/a> T\u00e9cnica tradicional o ancestral para la miner\u00eda en r\u00edo con la que se obtiene el oro con herramientas manuales en el lecho y playas del r\u00edo Cauca y sus afluentes. (https:\/\/www.responsiblemines.org\/2019\/04\/el-barequeo-en-colombia-un-patrimonio-cultural-incomodo-2\/)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [5]<\/a> Sebasti\u00e1n Mora, \u00abUna apuesta por la juventud en el Bajo Cauca\u00bb, Fundaci\u00f3n Paz y Reconciliaci\u00f3n<\/em>, 18 de octubre de 2018, acceso el 14 de agosto de 2023, Una apuesta por la juventud en el Bajo Cauca (pares.com.co)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [6]<\/a> Cuestas, 210.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [7]<\/a> Justapaz, Acci\u00f3n p\u00fablica\u2026<\/em> 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    [1]<\/a> Traditional or ancestral technique for river mining in which gold is obtained with manual tools in the bed and beaches of the Cauca River and its tributaries. (https:\/\/www.responsiblemines.org\/2019\/04\/el-barequeo-en-colombia-un-patrimonio-cultural-incomodo-2\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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