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title: "From the Series The Little Jewels, Sudaca"
summary: "From the Series The Little Jewels, Sudaca. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Photo credits: Luz Angela Lizarazo Click on the image to enlarge A shiny mother-of-pearl letter opener shaped into the word “Sudaca” is displayed in a glass case on red velvet as if it were a jewel."
description: "Photo credits: Luz Angela Lizarazo Click on the image to enlarge A shiny mother-of-pearl letter opener shaped into the word “Sudaca” is displayed in a glass case on red velvet as if it were a jewel."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/de-la-serie-las-joyitas-sudaca/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-11T15:38:42-05:00"
---

Publicado: 11 of October of 2021

# From the Series The Little Jewels, Sudaca

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[Gallery 3. Territory](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/)

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**Photo credits: Luz Angela Lizarazo**  
Click on the image to enlarge

#### Luz Angela Lizarazo

2008  
Molded faux mother-of-pearl.  
19 x 3 cm

A shiny mother-of-pearl letter opener shaped into the word “Sudaca” is displayed in a glass case on red velvet as if it were a jewel. This strong, aggressive, and disparaging term is used to refer to migrants from Latin American countries. Language becomes both life and death; the figure, with its sharp point, represents a weapon that denigrates those forced to leave their countries in search of better living conditions. The work challenges Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 1 of the American Convention on Human Rights, which protect all individuals regardless of their origin or nationality.

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#### See

[About the Artist](http://www.luzangelalizarazo.com/index.html)

[About the Artwork](http://www.luzangelalizarazo.com/eldorado.html)

[Derechos migrantes irregulares](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/Transparencia/publicaciones/migracion%202020%20v3%2024%20de%20agosto.pdf)

[Sentencia SU-677-17 Derechos de migrantes](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2017/SU677-17.htm)

[Return to room 3. Territory](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/)

[](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/magdalenas-por-el-cauca/)

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