Biography
After riding deep into the jungle to interview the leaders of Colombia’s armed factions, journalist Maria Cristina Caballero took courageous action to end the violence in her country. With support from the International Red Cross, the National Commission on Conciliation, and the newsmagazine Cambio, she published Peace on the Table, a sixty-page document presenting the views of each party in this long-standing conflict—the government, civil society groups, and rebel factions. Ms. Caballero was affiliated with Harvard University’s Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership and continues to educate others on the war, regularly publishing articles on aspects of the conflict. She has received numerous awards for her courage and determination, including the Simon Bolivar National Prize for Journalism, the Inter-American Press Association’s Human Rights Journalism Award, and the Committee to Protect Journalists’ World Press Freedom Award: “In recognition of her commitment to the defense of press freedom in Colombia and throughout the world.” In 2004, Ms. Caballero was included in the book 40 Famous Women, and she will be included in the upcoming Current Biographies International Yearbook, featuring “people making history and headlines on the international stage.” (09.2006)
Read more about this Network member:
Victory Soon in Colombia?
By María Cristina Caballero,
Christian Science MonitorJune 4, 2008
Border TensionsBy Maria Cristina Caballero,
Newsweek InternationalMarch 3, 2008
The Force of Anna Politkovskaya's Legacy
By Maria Cristina Caballero, PostGlobal
March 8, 2007