Goodbye to Piedad Córdoba

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences joins in the voices of sorrow for the death, on Saturday, January 20, of the Colombian senator piety cordoba, undoubtedly a fighter who left her mark on the long and arduous peace process in her country after more than half a century of internal conflicts.

A lawyer born on January 25, 1955, in Medellín, Antioquia, she served as a Senator of the Republic from 1994 until her removal from office in 2010, when the Attorney General's Office accused her of collaborating with the FARC-EP. As a congresswoman, she worked for the rights of women, ethnic and sexual minorities, and human rights, and became one of the most representative Colombians of the Latin American feminist movement.

In 1999, she was kidnapped by the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and, upon her release, was forced into exile in Canada with her family. After returning to her country, she became a leader of the Citizen Power movement, founded in 2005 within the Liberal Party, of which she was a member.

During the governments of Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), Córdoba gained prominence for his efforts in 2007 to secure the release of hostages from the disbanded FARC guerrilla group as part of the peace talks.

In 2022 she returned to the electoral race and was elected to the Senate by the Historical Pact of President Gustavo Petro.

CLACSO.tv published Piedad Córdoba's participation in "The Disagreement," a documentary essay featuring reflections from prominent figures of various nationalities, which delves into the turning point that has transformed the region's geopolitical landscape in recent years. Directed and produced by María Bagnat, it is based on an original idea the Argentine filmmaker shared with Ricardo Forster.