Angelo Cardona
Angelo Cardona (born 5 January 1997) is a Colombian social entrepreneur, peace and human rights activist. He is representative of Latin America to the International Peace Bureau.[1][2] Co-founder and President of the Ibero-American Alliance for Peace[3] and ambassador of Colombia to the Youth Assembly at the United Nations.[4] In 2021, he won The Diana Award.[5]
Angelo Cardona | |
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Cardona at the United Nations, New York, 2019 | |
| Born | 5 January 1997 |
| Occupation(s) | Peace Activist, Human rights defender, Social entrepreneur, Speaker |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
| Organization | Ibero-American Alliance for Peace |
| Board member of | International Peace Bureau World Beyond War |
| Awards |
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| Website | angelocardona |
Career edit
Cardona has denounced the human rights violation that his country is experiencing in different international decision-making scenarios such as the United Nations Headquarters, European Parliament, German Parliament, British Parliament, United States Congress, Argentina Congress and Colombian Congress.[6][7][8]
He served as peace ambassador of the Global Peace Chain from 2020 to 2022,[2][9][10] and in 2018 was invited as a speaker by the Amnesty International group in Berlin, to share his knowledge about the implementation of the peace agreement in Colombia.[11]
He is part of the Youth for Disarmament initiative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and was among the winners of the '75 words for disarmament' launched by the United Nations to commemorate the 75 years of its foundation and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[12][13][14][15][16]
In 2016, at age 19, he became member of the International Peace Bureau,[7][8] and co-founded the International Peace Bureau Youth Network (IPBYN).[17][1][18] In 2019, Cardona was appointed Council member of the International Peace Bureau.[19]
Cardona is also part of the international Steering Group for the Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS).[20] As part of the campaign in 2020, together with 28 Colombian members of Congress, he proposed the transfer of 1 billion Colombian pesos from military purposes to the health sector. The Colombian Ministry of Defense agreed to 10 per cent of that, moving 100 million pesos (or US$25 million).[21][22][23] In 2021, he supported by 33 Colombian members of congress demanded the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, allocate 1 billion pesos from the defense sector to the health sector.[24] Cardona also requested the Government to refrain from purchasing 24 warplanes that would cost $4.5 million dollars.[25][26] According to him, with that money, the government could purchase at least 300,000 vaccines against Covid-19 and strengthen the health system in the country.[27][28][29] On May 4, 2021, amid violent protests unleashed in Colombia as a result of the proposal for a new tax reform.[30] The Minister of Finance, José Manuel Restrepo, announced that the Government will comply with the request to not purchase the warplanes.[31][32]
Awards and honors edit
- 2019, Cardona along with Asha de Vos, were the co-recipients of the 21st Century Icon Awards - Inspirational Icon Award[7][33]
- 2020, 75 Words for Disarmament Award of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.[13]
- 2021, Award in honour of the late Diana, Princess of Wales - The Diana Award.[34][35]
- 2021, The Youth Leadership Award at the Napolitan Victory Awards.[36]
- 2021, The Diana Legacy Award.[37]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Angelo Cardona | IPB - International Peace Bureau". Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ a b "Colombiano nombrado embajador mundial de la paz es de Soacha". periodismopublico.com (in Spanish). 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "Equipo". Alianza Iberoamericana por la Paz (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ Assembly, The Youth (2022-11-23). "Angelo Cardona (Colombia), Youth Assembly Ambassador". The Youth Assembly. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Bureau, International Peace (2021-06-29). "The Diana Award goes to the young colombian Angelo Cardona". Pressenza. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Angelo Cardona". World Beyond War . . . Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ a b c "Winners 2019". 21stcenturyiconaward. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ a b "Joven soachuno de 22 años entre los íconos mundiales del siglo XXI". periodismopublico.com (in Spanish). September 21, 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ Pinzon, Gabriela. "Joven de Soacha se convierte en el embajador mundial de la paz" (in Spanish). Bacata Stereo. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "Angelo Cardona". Global Peace Chain. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "Colombia's Resilience for Peace - an invitation by Amnesty University Group of the FU Berlin". Lateinamerika-Forum Berlin e.V. (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "Ángelo Cardona: Semana del Desarme-ONU" (in Spanish). 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ a b "El colombiano premiado por la ONU en la Semana del Desarme". Las2orillas (in Spanish). 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "a/res/74/64 - E - a/res/74/64". undocs.org. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "#75Words4Disarmament Youth Challenge Winners | Youth 4 Disarmament". www.youth4disarmament.org. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "UNODA – United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs". www.un.org. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "The Youth Network is Founded – IPBYN". Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Conferencia que transforma de la red de jóvenes de la IPB. Hacia una cultura de paz". Pressenza (in Spanish). 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Structure | IPB - International Peace Bureau". Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "About us -". demilitarize.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ de 2021, 26 de Abril. "Rechazos al alto gasto militar de Colombia, según ONG sueca". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff, Forbes (2020-04-21). "Gobierno destinará parte del presupuesto militar para el sector salud". Forbes Colombia (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Colombia sets an example by shifting military spending towards healthcare. -". demilitarize.org. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Congresistas piden a Duque transferir un billón de pesos del sector defensa al sector salud" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Colombia es "el segundo país de la región que más invierte en gasto militar", advierte ONG". www.elpais.com.co. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Nuevas críticas desde oposición a compra de aviones y aumento de gasto militar". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Piden a Duque bajar gasto militar e invertir en atención de pandemia". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Colombia fue el segundo país latinoamericano con mayor gasto militar durante pandemia, según informe". Blu Radio (in Spanish). 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Colombia, 2do país de Latinoamérica con más inversión militar en pandemia". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Turkewitz, Julie (2021-05-03). "In Colombia, 19 Are Killed in Pandemic-Related Protests". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Colombia ya no invertirá 14 billones de pesos en aviones de guerra". infobae (in European Spanish). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Nuevo minhacienda asegura que Gobierno no comprará aviones de combate". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ . FabUK Asia. 2019-09-20. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ Chile, Redacción (2021-06-28). "Angelo Cardona, activista por la paz colombiano recibe The Diana Awards". Pressenza (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ Semana (2021-07-01). "Angelo Cardona, el primer colombiano en ganar el premio que honra el legado de la princesa Diana". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Nominados y Ganadores 2021 – The Napolitan Victory Awards". Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "ANGELO CARDONA". The Diana Award. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
External links edit
- Official website
- Angelo Cardona Why is there no peace?