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El Grito: Violence in Colombia continues to kill activists
August 19, 2019 3.03pm EDT
Grito in Spanish can mean “to cry.” For example, the cries of despair of María del Pilar Hurtado’s son in a video that circulated throughout the Colombian media this summer.
In the video, the boy kicks and screams next to his mother’s lifeless body in the town of Tierralta (Córdoba) in Colombia’s northern Caribbean region.
Grito also means a call. The hashtag #Julio26ElGrito is a call to action; the social media response expresses the outrage of many Colombians at the ongoing and rising violence against land and human rights activists.
Link to tweet
More:
https://theconversation.com/el-grito-violence-in-colombia-continues-to-kill-activists-120725