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Venezuela: Piedad Cordoba, a fighter of fair causes that lives on
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This week marks the first anniversary of Colombian social fighter Piedad C贸rdoba's passing. But how is she remembered in Venezuela. Our correspondent, Deisy Toussaint, tells us the story.
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This week marks the first anniversary of Colombian social fighter Piedad C贸rdoba's passing.
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But how is she remembered in Venezuela?
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Our correspondent Desi Toussaint tells us the story.
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La Negra, as she was called by those closest to her, is remembered with the same strength
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and drive as a Colombian woman who dedicated her life to the struggle for justice and the
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dignity of the forgotten.
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Her first legacy was left to the Afro-population in the international context and worldwide,
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a woman who in her condition, coming from Chaco, raised in the poor neighborhoods of
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Medell铆n, managed to succeed, first within the cultural shock of a woman lawyer who liked
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politics in her family.
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Piedad dealt with the burden of an era that punished those who dreamed of a more egalitarian
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society.
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Her struggle included women, racial and ethnic minorities, and marginalized communities.
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Above all she was a humanist and sent a message to the Afro-population but also to the displaced
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Colombians, to the victims of the conflict and to the women who had to raise their children.
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She advocated peace, seeking dialogue where others saw only conflict.
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She actively participated in the negotiations with the FARC, demonstrating that words could
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be more powerful than weapons.
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The exhibition, A Chant for Hope and Justice, illuminates the spaces of the Casa Romulo
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Gallegos in Caracas, creating a link between memory and struggle.
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She was born to be seen and with her the causes that like no one else she defended.
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She was a fierce warrior of her ideas and her ideals, and evidently that cannot be invisibilized.
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Piedad Lives On is not only a tribute, but a point of reunion where the images speak
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of Piedad C贸rdoba's causes, justice, peace and dignity.
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Here, those who walked by her side find an echo in each portrait, a reminder that her
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legacy lives on, like a flame that defies oblivion and fuels collective dreams of a
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more just world.
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Piedad C贸rdoba was not only a political leader, she was a tireless fighter for peace and social
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justice, a firm and clear voice in the midst of adversity, a woman who dedicated her existence
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to the cause of the most vulnerable.
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Honored to have a woman like her in the Latin American context, that has always had in Piedad
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C贸rdoba one of its main exponents of courage and commitment to life, for the vindication
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of the most humble and for peace, both in Colombia and in our Americas.
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But her love knew no frontiers.
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In Venezuela, she found a sister cause.
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She was a fervent supporter of the Bolivarian Revolution, believing in a model that would
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promote equality and social justice throughout Latin America.
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