The high price of false promises
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In this article, we hear from our local correspondent in Colombia. Five years on from the peace accords, the country is in the clutches of anti-government protests. What started as dissatisfaction over tax reforms has snowballed into anger over the handling of COVID-19, police violence, and neglect of communities. In a time of crisis for the country, she makes a plea for young people, and their potential to build peace, to be supported.
Lina María Jaramillo
At night, me and my daughter read bedtime stories. This week we listened to a story about a selfish and spoilt princess who loses a ball that her father had given her. The ball had fallen into a deep well and the princess was sad that she couldn’t get her toy back. Seeing that the girl was sad, a little frog who lives in the well tells her that he will rescue the ball if the girl promises her that they will be friends. The girl accepts, but when she has recovered her ball, she forgets