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- Title
La Época. Reportajes de una historia vetada (2022) Eine Wandzeitung für La Colonia.
- Authors
Harrasser, Karin
- Abstract
The wall newspaper "La Época" documents the War of Villarrica (1954-1957) and is part of the Colombian Truth Commission. The project combines historical research with reports from survivors and witnesses, aiming to include the war in Colombian historiography. The wall newspaper was hung in the village of La Colonia near Villarrica and serves as a place of remembrance. The project was carried out by the OjoRojo Fábrica Visual Foundation in collaboration with the Truth Commission. The history of southern Tolima and the Sumapaz area in Colombia is marked by conflicts and violence. The cultivation of coffee in the region in 1869 led to the emergence of large plantations on indigenous land. In the following years, indigenous communities were displaced by large landowners, leading to violent confrontations. The founding of the Agrícola del Sumapaz colony in 1929 and the formation of the Liga Campesina led to increased mobilization of farmers and indigenous communities. Violence escalated with the massacre of banana workers in 1928 and the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948. The Guerra de Villarrica in 1954 marked the peak of the conflict, with the military targeting the communist guerrilla. The fighting resulted in massacres, displacements, and a humanitarian crisis in the region. The article describes the events surrounding the Guerra de Villarrica in Colombia from 1955 to 1964. It mentions that negotiations to end the conflict failed in 1955, leading to its continuation. It also mentions that the guerrilla fighters from Villarrica moved to remote areas under difficult conditions in so-called "march columns" and joined forces with veterans of the communist guerrilla from the south of Tolima. In 1957, peace was negotiated between the military junta that replaced Rojas Pinilla and the communist guerrilla, with the farmers maintaining their position of self-defense. In 1964, the armed forces launched a military offensive to combat the agrarian movement in Marquetalia and other areas. In response, the communist farmers decided to organize themselves as a national guerrilla and later adopted the name FARC. The article describes the events during the Guerra de Villarrica in Colombia in 1954. The guerrilla fighters of Alto Sumapaz, led by Juan de la Cruz Varela, offered their disarmament in exchange for peace and certain conditions, while the communist commanders in the south of Tolima demanded disarmament without surrendering their weapons. The article also mentions the violent suppression of opposition by the military regime of Rojas Pinilla, including the massacre of students in Bogotá in June 1954. The Guerra de Villarrica led to displacements and a deterioration of the economic situation in the region.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; MILITARY government; ARMED Forces; MILITARY offensives; TRUTH commissions; JUNTAS; MASSACRES; SELF-defense; HISTORIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaft, 2023, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
2197-9103
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14361/zfk-2023-170108