A cry that overwhelms Colombia

intercultural violence

Abstract

The article A cry that overwhelms Colombia: intercultural violence addresses the problem of intercultural violence as a historical and structural manifestation that crosses the social, political and cultural reality of the country. Examines how ethnic, gender, social and cultural discrimination, inherited from colonization, has generated exclusion, inequality and denial of difference, especially affecting indigenous communities, Afro-descendants and sexual diversities. The purpose of the study is to analyze the causes, expressions and impacts of intercultural violence in Colombia, identifying its historical roots, its relationship with the armed conflict and patriarchal structures, as well as the forms of resistance that emerge from the communities. The work seeks to promote the understanding of diversity as a foundation for building inclusive peace. The research is developed from a qualitative and documentary approach, supported by the critical review of academic sources and organizations such as the Truth Commission, the CNMH and the IACHR. Based on the theoretical framework of authors such as Galtung, Quijano, Walsh, Bourdieu and Crenshaw, categories such as structural, cultural and intersectional violence are analyzed. The study concludes that intercultural violence constitutes a form of structural oppression that perpetuates inequality and denies difference. Overcoming it requires transforming social imaginaries, strengthening education and art as spaces of resistance, and promoting peace based on memory, justice and mutual recognition.