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title: "Is This Freedom?"
summary: "Is This Freedom?. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. This embroidery features the phrase \"Two hundred years under the freedom of the corrupt,\" framed by a golden border."
description: "This embroidery features the phrase \"Two hundred years under the freedom of the corrupt,\" framed by a golden border."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/gritos-de-silencio/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-12T09:45:23-05:00"
---

Publicado: 12 of October of 2021

# Is This Freedom?

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[Gallery 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

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**Photo credits: Jeimmy Velandia**  
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#### Jeimmy Velandia

2019  
Embroidery on fabric

This embroidery features the phrase "Two hundred years under the freedom of the corrupt," framed by a golden border. At the crest, the national coat of arms stands out, surrounded by laurel wreaths, shields, and caricatured faces resembling the founding fathers. Velandia delivers a sharp critique of national pride stained by political corruption in the country. In this regard, Article 290 of the Constitution establishes the principles of administrative function, aiming for equity, equality, justice, and human dignity. Constitutional Court ruling C-397 of 1998 considers corruption a practice that undermines the purposes of the state and the common benefit of all citizens.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://jeimmyvelandia.blogspot.com/2020/08/esto-es-libertad-alhablar-del-festin-en.html)

[About the Artist](https://jeimmyvelandia.blogspot.com/)

[Sentencia C-397- 98. Sobre la corrupción en Colombia](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/1998/C-397-98.htm)

[Sentencia C-434 de 2013.Deber denunciar corrupción](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/RELATORIA/2013/C-434-13.htm)

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