Hey, this is Annie and Samantha.

And welcome to Stuff I Never Told You, production of I-Hard Radio.

In this week, we wanted to talk about the activists in Colombia, but before we start, we wanted

to touch on the dangers that the activists are facing today and have been facing.

So, we're going to go ahead and let you know this is not a happy episode.

Like, we are celebrating a woman who is doing some amazing works and continue to fight,

but we also have to acknowledge the violence that they are suffering as well and the danger

they are in for doing this work just so you know, we're not going to go into specific incidents.

But there is mention of violence and rape and harassment.

And it's not unusual, unfortunately, for those in Colombia and many other countries to suffer

those just for being activists.

And that's the big conversation that we're going to have that activism can be dangerous.

And we've seen it and we know that puts a target on people's backs.

And when you have a country that is government cannot or does not supply the help that people

need, especially in rural areas, then it becomes even more dangerous.

And that's kind of what's happening with Colombia and that's what's been happening.

I do know that politics have been a little rough and there's a new president coming in

and hopefully they will be able to make some changes and provide more support and help.

But yeah, that's a long big story.

But like I said, we wanted to get into the history of it a little bit.

We're not going too deep.

But just so that you are aware of what is happening.

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