Thousands of people took to Bogota's streets on Monday, April 23, to celebrate the birth of Colombia's new leftist political movement, 'The National Patriotic Council'. It was estimated that over 80.000 women and men, Workers, families of Missing People and of Political Prisoners, the Unemployed, Indigenous, Afro-Caribbean, Peasants, Students, Academics, LGBT and environmentalists, attended the march, many of them arriving to the capital city after making long journeys across the country.
The 'National Patriotic Council' is made up of over 1700 social organizations that seek to propose a new way of doing politics, to build Peoples power, to end the war in Colombia within a political solution to the social, economic and armed conflict and aiming towards the Latin-American integration. For a second and final Independence!
Prominent leftist politicians like former Senator Piedad Cordoba and Congressman Ivan Cepeda have offered their support for the political party.
Watch Piedad Corodoba speach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WEZEXHWMmM4 (In Spanish)
What is 'La Marcha Patriótica':http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkYtS8KZkNM&feature=related (In Spanish)
more info at: www.marchapatriotica.org (In Spanish)
Watch Piedad Corodoba speach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WEZEXHWMmM4 (In Spanish)
What is 'La Marcha Patriótica':http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkYtS8KZkNM&feature=related (In Spanish)
more info at: www.marchapatriotica.org (In Spanish)
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