Category: Colombia
Development is necessary to prevent Colombia from its sure descent into being a failed state. The peace treaty is a step towards the creation of a new Colombia
José Antonio Gutiérrez D.: Insurgency, conflict and communalism in ColombiaFor decades, the FARC has led the revolutionary struggle in Colombia, but now farmers are taking over control by means of communal assemblies.
Pete Dolack: There’s no place for clean water under ‘free trade’That last ruling provides the essence of “free trade” agreements — the accumulation of corporate power to override all democratic controls over health, safety, environmental or labor safeguards
The U.S. has announced funding for a new Plan Colombia as the country moves towards a resolution to its civil war. What is its real purpose?
Anticipation sweeps Colombia over peace talks with the FARC-EP rebels. This time the hope is that the terrifying example of the 1980s will not be repeated
The Colombian government’s dark history of murdering dissidents should give us pause before celebrating peace
Vanessa Vargas Rojas: Revisiting a Dark Episode in the Life of Pablo NerudaForty-two years since the death of Pablo Neruda, revisiting the interpretation of an obscure episode the poet described in his book of memoirs, “I Confess That I Have Lived,” in which he himself is the author of a rape. The figure of the poet Pablo Neruda has never been free from controversy. Nobel prizewinner for Read more…
Regional political changes that could sink the accord
How surveillance helps a violent state
Natalia Fajardo: Cycles of Oppression, Cycles of LiberationThe Nasa People of Colombia Are Dispossessed Once Again