Gloria Flórez Explained

Gloria Flórez Schneider is a Colombian activist on behalf of internally displaced persons. She is the head of MINGA, an "Association for Alternative Social Policy". In 1998, she won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, along with Berenice Celeyta, Jaime Prieto, and Mario Calixto.^[1]

In 2004, MINGA advocated on behalf of the people of the Catatumbo region, 30,000 of whom were displaced following heavy fighting.^[2] In 2009, Flórez and MINGA lobbied for an investigation into the claims of drug lord Diego Murillo that he had financed the 2002 election campaign of President Álvaro Uribe.^[3]

See also

• Catatumbo campaign

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1998: Berenice Celeyta, Gloria Florez, Jaime Prieto & Mario Calixto, Colombia . Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights . 5 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721095109/http://rfkcenter.org/berenice-celeyta-gloria-florez-jaime-prieto-a-mario-calixto-colombia-2?lang=en&id=892 . 21 July 2015 .
2. Web site: Massacre illustrates unrest in Colombia . Frances Robles and Knight Ridder . 17 June 2004 . The Boston Globe . 5 July 2012.
3. News: Colombia: Paramilitary Chief Says He Helped Finance Uribe’s Campaign . Constanza Vieira . 22 April 2009 . Inter Press Service . 5 July 2012.