La Guajira Department
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Search complete. 21 mentions across 9 episodes found for "La Guajira Department".
Sep 8, 2026
La defensora del pueblo habla sobre lo que implica la escenografía de la muerte de ADLE
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35:32María Jimena DuzánHOST
Bendito El Menor, they called him El Menor in Riohacha.
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35:36María Jimena DuzánHOST
Esta escenografía de la muerte volvió a repetirse hace pocos días, cuando se anunció por parte del presidente desde La Guajira, la muerte y el abatimiento en una operación hecha por la policía del bendito menor, un cabecilla de los Pachenca, que forman parte de las autodefensas conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
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36:01María Jimena DuzánHOST
Él se había instalado, el bendito menor se había instalado en Río Bacha y estaba causando toda suerte de violencias y estragos en esa parte del país.
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36:12María Jimena DuzánHOST
Eso era evidente y se había vuelto además famoso por dos cosas.
Climate anxiety - with Linda Aspey
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28:31Jen GaleHOST
goodness
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28:31Linda AspeyGUEST
me and i wonder if i can share a story yeah go for it it's absolutely beautiful this this is a community in northern colombia called the wakel community and um in a place called La Guajira and they have been the subject of intensive coal mining since the 1970s, deep coal mining.
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28:58Linda AspeyGUEST
And it's a very spiritual, it's the largest indigenous culture in Colombia.
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29:06Linda AspeyGUEST
And they are a matriarchal society and they are very deeply attached to their land.
Democracy Now! 2026-09-02 Wednesday
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45:06speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Usually, when he left, it would take three days, four days, and then he would call again, and he never called again.
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45:18Josh RushingGUEST
On September 15th, 2025, 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza was off the coast of La Guajira, Colombia, when his family said they lost communication with him.
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45:29speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People began to whisper that Alejandro might have already died in one of the bombings.
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45:35Josh RushingGUEST
His childhood friend was one of the first people to connect his disappearance with a video of a strike posted by President Trump on social media.
Democracy Now! 2026-09-02 Wednesday
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45:09speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Usually when he left, it would take three days, four days, and then he would call again, and he never called again.
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45:18Josh RushingGUEST
On September 15, 2025, 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza was off the coast of La Guajira, Colombia, when his family said they lost communication with him.
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45:30speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People began to whisper that Alejandro might have already died in one of the bombings.
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45:36Josh RushingGUEST
His childhood friend was one of the first people to connect his disappearance with a video of a strike posted by President Trump on social media.
Democracy Now! Wednesday, September 2, 2026
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45:09speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Usually when he left, it would take three days, four days, and then he would call again, and he never called again.
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45:18Josh RushingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On September 15, 2025, 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza was off the coast of La Guajira, Colombia, when his family said they lost communication with him.
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45:30speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People began to whisper that Alejandro might have already died in one of the bombings.
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45:35Josh RushingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
His childhood friend was one of the first people to connect his disappearance with a video of a strike posted by President Trump on social media.
Democracy Now! Wednesday, September 2, 2026
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45:09speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Usually when he left, it would take three days, four days, and then he would call again, and he never called again.
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45:18speaker_2NARRATOR
On September 15, 2025, 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza was off the coast of La Guajira, Colombia, when his family said they lost communication with him.
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45:30speaker_21SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People began to whisper that Alejandro might have already died in one of the bombings.
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45:35speaker_2NARRATOR
His childhood friend was one of the first people to connect his disappearance with a video of a strike posted by President Trump on social media.
No hay un presupuesto de la verdad ni otro de mentira
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46:11Jorge Iván GonzálezGUEST
Por eso, pero-- mire, uno debería tener una institución que le dijera al, al gobierno que llegue: "Mire, mire, presidente, bienvenido.
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46:20Jorge Iván GonzálezGUEST
Este proyecto de reforestación de La Guajira, por ejemplo, es a veinte años.
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46:25Jorge Iván GonzálezGUEST
Vamos en el año seis.
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46:27Jorge Iván GonzálezGUEST
Bienvenido, faltan catorce años.
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47:23Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
Mire, yo voy a decir una cosa, lo que dice, lo que dice aquí el, el, el profe.
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47:27Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
Mire, por ejemplo, el tema energético.
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47:31Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
Por temas de consulta previa y eso, hay una red para, eh, pasar energía, pa montar cables y postes, para decir transferir energía de La Guajira colectora, que estamos en el ochenta y siete por ciento.
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47:44María Jimena DuzánHOST
Pero ya está.
La xenofobia y la aporofobia dictan la política de ADLE contra los migrantes venezolanos
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14:15Cynar AlvaradoGUEST
Sí, en vacaciones veníamos sobre todo a la costa, a Santa Marta, a Valledupar, a Cartagena.
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14:20Cynar AlvaradoGUEST
Cruzábamos por La Guajira, por tierra casi siempre.
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14:22Cynar AlvaradoGUEST
Creo que nunca un-- no recuerdo haber venido en avión.
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14:25Cynar AlvaradoGUEST
Siempre veníamos por tierra al, eh-
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14:27María Jimena DuzánHOST
Sí
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14:27Cynar AlvaradoGUEST
...a La Guajira, a la costa, a la costa Caribe.
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14:31Cynar AlvaradoGUEST
Y, y repito, aunque hubo muchas oportunidades para nosotros allá, y yo estoy muy agradecido con Venezuela, tengo una ag-- eh, una deuda impagable con ese país y no la tengo yo solo, la tienen generaciones de colombianos-
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14:43María Jimena DuzánHOST
Claro
Did Gustavo Petro Destroy Colombia's Left?
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4:44Loren MossHOST
OK, we have an ambulance boat who can get you from here to there.
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4:48Loren MossHOST
So he spends about half a million dollars on these two boats and he gives them to a hospital in Maikal in La Guajira.
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4:55Loren MossHOST
Maikal, I've been there.
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4:57Loren MossHOST
It's in the desert.
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8:35Loren MossHOST
The first one that comes to mind is the Carro Tanques.
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8:37Loren MossHOST
And you've heard me talk about this, the tanker trucks.
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8:41Loren MossHOST
80 tanker trucks that were supposed to bring water to La Guajira, the impoverished desert region up on the Atlantic coast near Venezuela.
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8:49Loren MossHOST
They were purchased deliberately overpriced.