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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 94 points 5 months ago

Was it Matt Gaetz again?

[–] oxomoxo@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This is just political theater to make it seem like the Governor is doing something. Colombia, and much of Latin America, has a much larger issue being extremely wealthy countries with vastly poor populations.

These countries are being kept this way purposely so that they can be exploited by much wealthier nations(US, Spain, France, Netherlands, India). This breeds a culture of self regulation and minimal government intervention, riddled with corruption and a populace left to their own devices.

Prostitution in the touristic areas hasn’t been stopped at all, just pushed a little underground while the cops look the other way, because they are also customers.

Fixing this problem requires something that won’t occur in our lifetimes. Which is unfortunate as Colombia is one of the most beautiful and magical places on earth. Antioquia specifically is such an amazing place and the Paisa people are so unique and kind. Really beautiful when isolated cultures can survive this long.

[–] goldenbug@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree on this type of declarations being pure theater.

Which isolated culture do you refer to?

[–] oxomoxo@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The Paisa people were isolated in the Andes mountains for a long time as it was difficult for the Spanish to access when it was part of Gran Colombia. The culture around Medellin and the coffee triangle is different the rest of country and kind of similar to the Southern hospitality in the US. Everyone is so willing to talk to you and invite you to gatherings even if you’re a stranger.

They are no longer isolated but their culture persists. I just hope all the tourism doesn’t spoil it.

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[–] john89@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Fixing this problem requires something that won’t occur in our lifetimes.

Hard, sad truths.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

Politicians are such fucking idiots. "We've got a pedophile problem" "Close the bars at 1 am, and make prostitution extra illegal"

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

At a press conference, Mayor Federico Gutiérrez said that he would be signing two decrees: one, prohibiting sex work in the area of Medellín for six months, and another, the enforcement of a 1 a.m. closing time for bars in the area for a month.

So now people will not be able to make a living because of this scumbag. Were I a sex-worker in the area, I'd be pretty pissed off. I don't know a better way to address this, I'm just saying that this is why we can't have nice things.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

This doesn’t even address the problem. Literally doing nothing is a better solution than the one implemented.

[–] lamabop@lemmings.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A far better solution would be to get the sex workers to help with finding and stopping paedophiles & the pimps who support this horrific shit

Get the police to worth with, not against, sex workers.

I'd bet anything that sex workers would be able to help identify and track down under-age prostitution.

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[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Better late than never I guess.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

I was confused by reading it "after US citizen found with two girls at a hotel".

I think I was thinking about adult tiny woman. But now I realise where the problem is.

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 11 points 5 months ago

Passport Bros are a disgrace to human race.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A term used to describe people who go to foreign countries to hook up, usually to fulfill a ethnicity kink and usually presented as those who can't pick up local women so usually somewhere prostitution is not really frowned upon

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