In Medellin, Millions of Good March Against Bad

I am thinking and reading more about Colombia now that I’m planning to go there in early August. Today’s news was heartening. In all of the country’s major cities, millions marched against FARC the revolutionaries who kidnapped 11 politicians five years ago and now are being blamed for their deaths.

President Alvaro Uribe urged his citizens to press FARC to release the more than 3100 prisoners held in jungle camps. “We’re millions of good people in this country and there’s only a handful of bad ones,” said one marcher.

Kidnapping in Colombia has fallen 83 percent since 2002 and murders are down 40 percent.

Now I feel a little better about going to Medellin.