Repairing the Wounds of War: the Almost Impossible Mission of a Group of Soldiers and Their Victims

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It might seem like a party. Dozens of people pose smiling in group photos, some waiters distribute pizzas and cakes, a woman explains the murals of the facade. There are hugs and smiles. But, behind them, there are wounds that do not heal at all. The restaurant and memory house that is inaugurated are 10 families of victims of murders committed by soldiers in Toluviejo, a municipality of about 20,000 inhabitants in the Colombian Caribbean. In 20…