The Shifting Contours of Colombia’s Armed Conflict
The complexities of the armed conflict in Colombia's drug-producing region of Catatumbo are set to garner greater attention from both ...
The Oil Palm Industry: A Blight on Afro-Colombia
In the hamlet of Imbirí la Loma in Colombias southwestern department of Nariño, Yaneth Sosa and her family once struggled ...
On the Cocaine Trail in ‘Muerto Asis’
By August 2002, the region of Putumayo in southern Colombia had become ground zero for Washington's war on drugs: Plan ...
Distorted Perceptions of Colombia’s Conflict
In a civil conflict such as the one in Colombia, propaganda is an important weapon. It is difficult for journalists ...
Colombia’s New Urban Order
Last year Sérgio Cabral, governor of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro State, praised the Colombian government’s success in reducing violence in ...
Colombias New Urban Order
Last year Sérgio Cabral, governor of Brazils Rio de Janeiro State, praised the Colombian governments success in reducing violence in ...
Plan Petroleum in Putumayo
In December 2000, U.S.-trained counternarcotics battalions, U.S.-supplied Blackhawk helicopters and U.S.-piloted spray planes descended on Putumayo department to conduct Plan ...
Latin America-Style Dirty War in Iraq?
The attacks against U.S. soldiers in Iraq by anti-occupation guerrillas have resulted in the U.S. military applying its infamous National ...
Regime Change in Venezuela?
The Bush administrations regime change policies are creating, or exacerbating, instability in an increasing number of countries around the globe ...
Colombia’s New Urban Order
Last year Sérgio Cabral, governor of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State, praised the Colombian government's success in reducing violence in ...
