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
Cardona at the United Nations, New York, 2019
Born (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997
Soacha, Colombia
Occupation(s)Peace Activist, Human rights defender, Social entrepreneur, Speaker
Years active2008 – present
OrganizationIbero-American Alliance for Peace
Board member ofInternational Peace Bureau World Beyond War
Awards
  • 21st Century Icon Awards (2019)
  • Diana Award (2021)
  • Youth Leadership Award (2021)
Websiteangelocardona.com

Career

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

See also

References
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  2. "Colombiano nombrado embajador mundial de la paz es de Soacha". periodismopublico.com (in Spanish). 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  3. "Equipo". Alianza Iberoamericana por la Paz (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  4. Assembly, The Youth (2022-11-23). "Angelo Cardona (Colombia), Youth Assembly Ambassador". The Youth Assembly. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  5. Bureau, International Peace (2021-06-29). "The Diana Award goes to the young colombian Angelo Cardona". Pressenza. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. "Angelo Cardona". World Beyond War . . . Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  7. "Winners 2019". 21stcenturyiconaward. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  8. "Joven soachuno de 22 años entre los íconos mundiales del siglo XXI". periodismopublico.com (in Spanish). September 21, 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. Pinzon, Gabriela. "Joven de Soacha se convierte en el embajador mundial de la paz" (in Spanish). Bacata Stereo. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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  27. "Piden a Duque bajar gasto militar e invertir en atención de pandemia". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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  32. "Nuevo minhacienda asegura que Gobierno no comprará aviones de combate". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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  36. "Nominados y Ganadores 2021 – The Napolitan Victory Awards". Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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