This question is asked attendees to the Forum thinking city that the former Mayor of Bogota Antanas Mockus guided in Maicao and Riohachalas major cities of La Guajira. The question, obviously, invites reflection. What we are proud the guajiro? There are so many reasons to remove chest and lift the front. By our mind immediately pass the immense sea, bright sun, the exotic desert, finally, but just as there are sufficient reasons so that we can live in love of this earth friendly and Nice, there also are to think of the lack of commitment of citizens with their city and the guajiro with your Department. The riohacheros, for example, feel pride in their beach but do consider a good program of weekend go to it, sharing with family and take a bath? You for example kind reader, since when not does the beach of your city or your Department? And speaking of Riohacha, is proud of its colonial streets, but you see the use that is made of it: drivers stop your vehicle to speak with someone and then begin monumental trancotes that extend along one or two blocks. And if someone asks for permission or touches the Horn, then is not expected the rude response of who has interrupted traffic. The guajiro are proud by Arnoldo Iguaran, the scorer of America in 1987, but we do the necessary effort to show other scorers of the peninsula is in the national and international football. And we feel privileged to be countrymen of the Black Oak but do nothing for debug Creole politics, one of the activities in which served the illustrious shrimp boat with luxurious details.

We feel tremendously proud, almost Argentine, our privileged geographical position, but we do necessary efforts to take advantage of it. And we preach about abundant riches but we are still people unacceptable poverty worldwide. We express our pride by multiculturalism in the region but our Indians (those living in the) rancherias) stoically suffer the ravages of neglect and misery. And we feel proud, tremendously proud of the Almirante Padilla but we have not been able to send him to make a statue in which at least has the virile porte that characterized it. And port where exports coal to the world not is named in his honor, but in tribute to Bolivar who, Libertador and everything, it was the executioner of our hero. The guajiro have reason to be proud of our splendid peninsula. Just need to give evidence of that pride. Tests of love and affection.

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