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my name is mari light
I joined the farc at the age of 14
years he made the decision to enter
because he had many reasons for the
which pushed me to take this
determination
one of them was because I lived in a
department that was antioquia in a
municipality that was the peñol guatapé and
there was too much violence
there were disappearances and displacements
of the peasants of which where I
I grew up and because my dad is not
they disappear they kill it the paramilitaries
together with a brother and then I can not find
another exit if you do not enter the
farc also because he had no other
shape guarantees to study my
mom that we are of origin
peasant my mom because she was alone with
the four of us who were brothers
We left 5 we were four all very
little ones
I was the oldest or I am the oldest I do
22 years that I do not look at my family
I practically do not know my brothers and
so make the decision to come to me because
I did not want to be an obstacle or a
I charge more for my mom and I did not have
another alternative
well I know the guerrilla establish
a relationship with them took the
decision I come to here already being
within the guerrilla ranks because I
I know that for me
a lot of you are a lot of people
farm
not like suddenly falls because
Equis or e reason is that everyone’s
has
just as you have us the
we have but those are my reasons are
the reasons for which I took that
decision and everything that one when is
here in this organization a woman
this plays different activities
many work activities are very
hard
I will not deny it because one here here
there is no discrimination
the man and the woman we do
the same tasks
we load weight we load firewood
they cook we cook we perform
different tasks that makes us
represent us as women before a
amount of personnel an amount of
for many people who take it from another
way
good here within the organization
already performed many tasks one of the
tasks or I’m going to mention a few
one was nursing me here I
professionalize as a nurse is always
work in the communications part and
is what I’m doing now
and for these moments I am finishing my
baccalaureate
thank God to everything that has been
come about the peace process that
gave is good because one what you are looking for is
the reconciliation with all the people
Colombian to show people everything
the world that each one of us
we have our reasons why
we make this decision and to
being here is what I tell you
that we are equal people
or I am like you all have
my mom I have my brothers I have we are
same I do not feel different
I want you to think that I am
different by the fact of having been of
the farc
or I’m from the ffaa so I do not want to
think otherwise the opposite
What I want with this is that with this
peace process that is happening to the
side the opportunity for me to be able
reencontrarme with my family and power
keep studying to be able to fulfill my
I dream those who always wanted to be able
study
now I counted a part of my
history
right now follow my Liliana companion
he is also a member of here in
our party
then she tells the other part of the
story that we are living in these
moments the other part but that we
involving the two and involves us
all the Colombian people because this
decision that the FARC made to leave
weapons is a decision we have
from him from the first day that the
organization then started to get up
to defend the interests of a
region affected by many difficulties
from that moment the dialogue was sought
many times it was tried many times
the arrangement had often
failure
now we have all the will we have
given all our effort
here you are seeing images
of the day we decided to leave the point
transient normalization finds
located in the street of the manipulated
in rabbit municipality of fonseca
when we left there we knew that
it was going to be very hard it was not going to be easy
because the government we
unfortunately not only we do not
breach is common to many
communities happens but we also
we arrived and what we found is or was a
peladero as one says and in Barranquilla
they were huge swirls of wind and dust
look there is and I’m here I was
worked that it touched us to take the
bulk of cement on the shoulder the shovel make
everything with a lot of love because we knew that
that is part of the commitment
we wanted and we want to build
peace in color
that’s why we’re here that’s why we’ve
made all this effort we achieved
build men and women without
discrimination work to be able
have the transitory space of
standardization where we are now
here in the village layers municipality
of fonseca
I hope someday they visit us too
What happens is still in difficulties but
the difficulties as I was saying right now
the dance partner is not something to
stop them is not something that drives us to
follow then in this case the
reincorporation for us has been
something very slow because we have not had
truly a process of
economic reincorporation
sociocultural reincorporation
reincorporation even of guarantees
legal entities could come for us
now yes capture us and well what happens
no longer carry the commitment was that since
December 31 will not happen that but
it can happen however we are
betting that yes you can there’s no
good economic reincorporation
then we are going to apply the
knowledge that from 53 years we come
us exercising in that for example
the work of the field
there they saw some images right now
from a farm that I wish also some
day visit is called the pilot farm
new colombia
there the ex-combatants are
trying to put all the knowledge of
the earth to be able to generate food
to be able to generate a pantry that
help our region to help the
guajira because it is one of the problems
more worrying in our region see
die children of hunger is something that one
He can not believe
that’s why you give your life because you do not
wants to see anyone die because no no no
it does not fit in his head that the day of
today there are many little children people
outside that we see directly
when we go down the street we can
do but there are initiatives and from this
way we believe that also
we help the community if we create
economic reincorporation for
us self-maintenance because in
December is over what they take us
to eat but you have to eat
support sowing but also
We sustain the community Brindemos
tools in addition to that there is another
initiative that the tailor
imagine us there in the
mountain as we dressed we did not
we could put something so delicate because
in some tree it stays true it
is the pants I have left the shirt
the tailoring exercise was a
permanent exercise in 53 years
is currently being put in
exercise too and thanks to the support of
entities like sena
today many guerrillas and guerrillas
in reincorporation to civil life it
are training in tailoring are
sewing clothes that I wish in some
moment you can buy a
sweatshirt and say enough a sweatshirt
peace the peace process gave something this
people left their weapons because they no longer
we have
are invited to go there to
find people doing any
thing they will find that we are
putting this initiative in play the
natural fertilizer
we think about the nature that has been
always our company our house
or for example the communications that was
what I told them mari light
we are part of a team of
communications that try to carry the
message of peace that you try to tell the
town as our partner said
that we are not different
we want to make a change ourselves
we want to live our peacefully
family also wants to see us as well
you want to see your children that
come from the school of work in the
night
our family also want that
this long night I finish wants that at
so that we can return without fear of
They are going to kill us without fear that
because I’m here talking with
you these morning someone
can you do something to me and you have the
news that the girl she walks
it can happen but it will be worth it if the
message arrives if among all we can
build a Colombia in peace is possible
it is possible if there are many people who have
suffered so much there are many people who
they suffered from our mistakes but they are
able to look us in the eyes and say
I forgive them I want to build the
peace
an example a girl she is from the
college
of antioquia fashion designer wanted
come to the farc he wanted to do his thesis
about the body of women of the
farc
about his clothes even though
she had seen how her father and his
grandfather took the guerrilla in
some time but for us it is a
example and a motivation something that we
he says it’s worth it
we are achieving that between all
let’s build something from the
reconciliation is possible the change us
We have been wrong but we have already
seen here the images even with
the soldiers that were at another time
We were literally killed by enemies
now they arrive
we chat we see a possibility
different we sit at the same table
to work because we dream of a change
the benefit is not for us in this
moment we are in a transition but
I am sure that in 10 years twenty
years if we can get this done
cash
the new generations are going to be able
have a different reality they will live
a country worthy to have the pride of
say that this nation rose up from
his ashes like the phoenix that is capable
to shine with its own light
Colombia has a lot of potential and between
we can all get this country
let it rise, let it rise again
look us in the eyes and say I have forgiven
that ‘s what we want we want
be able to educate us to apply our
passions communication culture the
art our dreams are that we are not
more than human beings we want a
life in peace and the invitation that
we want to do him I think it would be
good to leave a message to begin a
invitation not only that we know a
little our story history
ours the account itself but there is a
story that is not counted is good
know the two versions of the case
it’s good to know what happened if from a
actor of the fact and we also know
what the other says to see suddenly we
changed the idea of what happens
it’s good to know versions is good
look at possibilities and it’s good to know
what is happening now
the story is being written
history we are living in
this precise moment the peace agreements
is the book that many people look ugly not
I named it you have to read them there are
let them know only one point
talks about the FARC and they are not
complying they took the arms and they
they forgot about us only one point
but the rest speaks of the community
speaks of Colombia it is necessary that the
indigenous peasants women
workers to avianca
that mentioned here our friend that
know what are the guarantees that
the town deserves because we deserve a
dignified life
I think light mari it is good to leave a
message for all union message
reconciliation so that between all
we can build this good the message
that I give to all of you and to all
whole world is that all together
we can build a stable peace and
lasting that we do not look at ourselves differently
that we do not look at ourselves that you are from
there or that they are indigenous that are
blacks that are white that are rich
they are poor, do not look at us, we are
a whole colombia and we can not continue
killing us more we have to fight for
this and I will fight for all of us
that all of us want is peace
that all of us want is the
reconciliation and that is the message that
I give to the whole world already
you much believe that together we can
do really yes
thank you very much
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