Ɖ Gardịn vy on C’lumbia’z ćîld svîvrz: a renforist fẹritêl
Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 16 June 2023
Fìts v indyṛns sć az ɖs pṛvoc wundr fr ẃt ɖe rvil abt ẃt it mīnz t b hymn
Frîde, 16 Jūn 2023
Ɖ stori v for ćildṛn dscuvrd dīp in ɖ Aṃzn jungl, grīvñ, hungri n insect-bitn bt uɖ̇wz uninjrd dspt biyñ lost fr 40 dez aftr a pleincraś, fīlz closr t miʈ or fẹritêl ɖn riyl lîf. Ɖt a dog apaṛntli acumṗnid ɖm fr sm v ɖs tîm, bfr itslf gwñ misñ, z yt anɖr fantasticl elimnt in a drama ɖt hz gript C’lumbia n mć v ɖ wrld.
Fìts v indyṛns involvñ ćildṛn olwz cmand atnśn. Ẃt mcs ɖs wn so astoṇśñ z ɖt sistrz ejd 13 n nîn nt onli cept ɖmslvz gwñ on a mixćr v csāva flaur salvijd fṛm ɖ rec, n forijd frūts n sīdz, bt olso hlpt ɖer for-yir-old bruɖr n bebisistr – hu hd hr frst brʈde in ɖ forist – t ste alîv. Ɖ ćildṛn, sd C’lumbia’z left-wñ prezidnt, Gustavo Petro, r “an xampl v totl svîvl”.
Ɖ pǎr v sć storiz hz olwz lein in ẃt ɖe r sìn t rvil abt hymn nećr. Yṛpiyn vrśnz, ẃɖr riyl or invntd, r part v ɖ hisṭri v xpḷreśn n coḷnîześn. Feṃs bcs sć az Dańl Dfo’z Robinsn Crūzo n Wiłm Goldñ’z Lord v ɖ Flîz imajin ẃt mt hapn ẃn men n bôz r cast adrift in ɖ wîld, ɖ vnir v wstn siṿlîześn stript awe.
Ɖ tru stori v ɖ Clumbịn junglćildṛn z nt lîc ɖs. Ɖz for siblñz, fṛm ɖ Huitoto Indijṇs grūp, wr in ɖ lanscep t ẃć ɖe b’loñd. Ɖer svîvl hz bn atribytd t scilz lrnt bî ɖ eldist grl, Lesli Mŭc̣tui, fṛm hr granmuɖr – scilz olso dploid bî ɖ 93 Indijṇs ppl hu hlpt fînd ɖm. In a wrld ɖt hz larjli fgotn hǎ t aprīśiet sć formz v nolij, ɖer svîvl n ɖ cer śoun bî ɖ oldr siblñz fr ɖ yungr r an oceźn fr wundr n hymiḷti.
Amd ɖ rlif ɖt ɖe r sef, it mst nt b fgotn ɖt ɖ ćildṛn hv lost ɖer muɖr. Ɖe nǎ fes a conflict btwn ɖer mtrnl granpeṛnts n ɖ faɖr v ɖ tū yungist ovr hu śd cer fr ɖm. Cmrśl inṭrest wl brñ its ǒn preśrz – ofrz fṛm filmcumṗniz n so on. Wn cn onli hop ɖt ɖe n ɖer cḿṇti wl b wel s’portd.
Ɖr z a lot at stec. Acrs Latin America, Indijṇs grūps n wez v lîf r undr sīj fṛm multinaśnl logñ, mainñ n catl bizṇsz, n drug̓añz. Ɖr cd hardli b a starcr contrast btwn ɖ mrakḷs cncluźn t ɖs srć n ɖ wn cnductd last yir fr ɖ Gardịn jrṇlist Dóm Filips n Indijṇs xprt Bruno Pereira, ẃć endd in ɖ trajic dscuṿri v tū mrdrz. Conflict ovr dīfoṛsteśn z wn v ɖ dīpist dviźnz in ɖ rījn’z poḷtics. Ẃn h wz ilectd a yir ago, Mr Petro plejd t trn C’lumbia intu a “globl pǎrhǎs fr lîf” n invîrnmntl pṛtx́n. Bt hiz admiṇstreśn z bset bî rîzñ vayḷns n a p’liticl scandl.
Ɖ s’xes v ɖ cntinywñ strugl t sev ɖ forist, n its Indijṇs inhabitnts, z far fṛm aśurd. Ɖ svîvl v ɖz for ćildṛn z a rmîndr v ẃ it mst cntiny.
