Join award-winning journalist Silvana Paternostro for a discussion about Colombia’s forty-year-old war between the left wing rebel army that kidnaps, the right-wing paramilitary that massacres, the drug-fueled economy that permeates both armed movements, and a government that receives the third largest U.S. military aid package.
Paternostro grew up in Colombia as a member of the landed elite before moving to the United States in the late 1970’s. In the years she was away, Colombia became the world’s largest producer of cocaine, creating the most violent, and misunderstood civil conflict in Latin America.
Paternostro will share her journey back to the place where her family and her closest friends still live to bring alive this country’s critical situation. Her story reveals a Colombia stuck in the threshold of feudalism and modernity, where the rule of the rifle outweighs the rule of the law.
WHEN: 7:30pm
ADMISSION: Free, reservations required online
TICKETS: www.zocalola.org
WHERE: The Actors’ Gang at The Ivy Substation
ADDRESS: 9070 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
WEBSITE: www.zocalola.org
