The afro-Colombian communities are victims of the massacre and the Plan Colombia would disturb even more its social situation

(By Jaime Padilla, Stocholm, Sweden). The violence in Colombia has done himself to displace Naka Mandinga; is sociologo 47-year-old and member important of the Black Process of Communities of Colombia that comes fighting since 15 year ago by the defense of the cultural and territorial rights he opted for his ancient name: Naka Mandinga In his passport offered in Colombia describes his personal data with the name of Jorge Aramburo.

Leading of the Black Communities Process organization of Colombia during three months have visited various European countries, to denounce the devastating effects and killers of the neoliberal politics and the called Plan Colombia. It designed by the American administration whose application with the argument to fight al drug trafficking, they would be able to intensify; the social tragedy and the violent wave of the already existing terrorism of State in that country.

During its step by Sweden the afro-Colombian sociologist Naka Devil, in its I find with political personalities, and swedish agencies of solidarity, reported of the international campaign of accusation that its Black Communities Process organization, that for more than 15 years, comes fighting for the territory, the development of its towns, the conservación of the natural resources and the rescue of its identity and culture as ethnic group, by means of. The Constitution approved in 1991, recognizes that Colombia is a multiethnic country and pluricultural in which all its inhabitants have equality of rights that give legality to its to drive in the claim of the rights of the black communities of the Pacífic.
We have visited various European countries and as also in the same breast of the European Parliament denouncing the Plan Colombia. Because it is not the same one that the president Pastrana comes to sell to Europe. A thing is the plan that sells United States, another that is presented in Colombia and another the one that is shown in Europe", ours said interviewed al time to state that the situation in its country today is complex. What today occurs has its histórich roots.
Colombia is a country with 40 million inhabitants, is a country multi-ethnic and pluri-cultural, in which the afro-Colombian communities live together and more than 60 towns indian with different tongues. We the Colombians have the misfortune to have a great deal of luck. Colombia is a rich country in natural resources and this has awoke the historic greed of the businesses international that come and we plunder these resources and for it resort to violent methods", clarified. With relation al Plan Colombia -explains- that this is designed in the United States and delivered al president Andrés Pastrana for its application". It says that is an antidemocratic and unconstitutional plan, because not animal-peta the cultural and ethnic diversity of the country, which are contemplated in the Great Letter of Colombia.
There is a sector of the population that is found terrified by the action of the paramilitary and its bonds with the Army and that these they have displaced at more than 2 million persons, of which a million are of the community afro-colombiana", said Naka Mandinga. The impunity continues in its country murdering leaders of the diverse communities. The social organizations Colombians we have identifying that we have a powerful enemy and that we should act with greater force. There are thousands of organizations have raised of its state of lethargy to that we had been submitted", needed.
There is anxiety in you by new ethnic despla-zamientos of groups with the Plan Colombia? The displacement of our comunidades is consequence of the violence that lives Colombia. The violence has done himself to displace. The multinationals, the large estate owners and the State are utilizing that police (private militia), paramilitary calls for of-occupy the territory by where the international have designed its greater projects. The Plan Colombia foresees of resources for the attention of displaced persons, it is estimated that counts on some 7.500 million dollars, of which a 80% destined to the military purchase of arsenal and al improvement of the military infrastructure of war. There is a component of a 20% destined al social plan. To cover the attention of the displaced persons -what gives us to understand that the application of the Plan Colombia goes to originate still more displaced persons. Does not it foresee no program destined to stop the desplazamiento or to guarantee the return of those displaced persons to its places of origin. On the other hand the Plan Colombia have a component that is that of the eradication of the illicit cultivation of the leaf to cook, utilizing products chemical with air fumigations. This plan is criminal and in various sectors is causing already havocs. But already it suffices of silence accomplice; the media of communication are not diffusing the massacre of the one that are victims mainly the afro-Colombian communities and the official authorities say that cannot do anything to guarantee ours right more fundamental.

Còmo the accusation fight strategy is presented and demand? We the afro-Colombian communities, the native towns and farmers have determined to present a not alone joint fight against the Plan Colombia, but also against all that product globalization phenomenon of the neoliberal model.

In what said strategy of fight consists? To the international organizations of Latin America and Europe we have presented projects and programs called Global Action of the Towns (AGP), that is a way to be put al set against that phenomenon of the economic globalization. All we know that this is a world phenomenon designed for the management of the rulers in its respective countries and to be able stopping it, facing it one must give him a fight also in the context. world.

Which are the main approaches? We have elaborated projects of development. We have an agrarian project of reform that was remitted al Congress of Colombia. We think that the drug trafficking, that is the pretext on which supports the president Pastrana, resorts to that Plan Colombia. The drug trafficking is a badly world one, but does not have a possible military solution.
This it can fight alone in Colombia and in Latin America with an efficient and integral reforms Agrarian. The outstanding points of our claim are:
1.- The I oust immediate and total of all the armed groups in the territories of the black communities and shelters indian of the Pacífic in agreement to their ancient rights of property and territorial control.
2.- The lists, reasons and locations of the persons desaparecidad up to now.
3. The respect al right fundamental to the life of all the members of the black and native communities and al proper process.
4. Not to involve to the communities in the armed conflict as collaborators of any force being taking advantage of the poverty., the ignorance and the terror to divide to the members of the communities.
5. The animal-peto to the popular organizations to its independencia and autonomy of any of the armed actors of a conflict of which we do not do part more than as you kill indefensas.
6. The right to the free one movilizacion of goods and products in our rios.
7. The right to that be left us to live in peace as has been traditional and to demand ours right that historicamente have been denied us.
(Liberation, Sweden 2003)