Colombian Humanitarian Caravan Heads Towards Catatumbo
Humanitarian caravan in Colombia, Feb. 4, 2025. X/ @AscamcatOficia
February 4, 2025 Hour: 2:36 pm
Its purposes are to support victims and reiterate the need for a negotiated solution to the armed conflict.
In Colombia, social activists and human rights defenders arrived in the municipality of El Tarra, in Norte de Santander, in an attempt to reach the Catatumbo region.
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On Tuesday, they seek to join a humanitarian caravan to highlight the severe crisis caused by clashes between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The mobilization’s purpose is to provide immediate assistance, assess the human rights situation, support victims, and reiterate the need for a negotiated solution to the armed conflict. This includes implementing territorial transformations and encouraging active community participation. It also underscores the urgent need to establish measures to protect the civilian population and to carry out a social pact for Catatumbo.
People from various parts of the country are traveling to Catatumbo to take part in the humanitarian session scheduled in the municipality of El Tarra. The event includes the participation of peace commissions, which will conduct their deliberations in a region deeply affected by a conflict that has displaced more than 52,000 people.
“From the province of Ocaña and the municipality of Tibu, delegations from various social organizations across the country are coming together on a common mission: to promote peace and social justice in Catatumbo,” said the Catatumbo Campesino Association.
“The humanitarian caravan is heading toward El Tarra with the aim of bringing attention to the current situation, as organizations in the region have declared a humanitarian emergency,” said Pilar Lizcano, spokesperson for the Congress of the Peoples.
She also explained that on February 4, social organizations will hold a hearing in the enclave to present findings on the deepening armed conflict, the implications of militarization, and how these factors further complicate the humanitarian situation.
teleSUR/ JF Sources: La Opinion – Cambio Colombia
