A three day conference was hosted in Boston [WHEN?] by Boston University, Harvard University and MIT focusing on the political and social situation in Colombia today and the challenges facing the country on the eve of an historic peace deal between the FARC and the Colombian government.
The event covered the following issues: Transitional Justice, Women and Work for Peace Building, The Voice of the Victims, Urban Planning and Reconciliation, State Building from the Regions, The Impacts of Free Markets and US Foreign Policy.
Keynote speaker Jesús Abad Colorado, photographer, illustrated the social price of Colombia’s conflict:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKMN38reR2Y
Panel: Women and Work for Peace Building
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSqt6NrvmfQ
Keynote speaker Noam Chomsky: The Impacts of Free Markets and US Foreign Policy (English)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3v-5bsxeY
Panel: Transitional Justice
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoX_q6mh4Z0
Keynote speaker Luis Carlos Villegas, Ambassador of Colombia to the United States (English)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQoJlWd9bT4
Panel: Urban Planning and Reconciliation
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTv7mJvj11g
