The text, and the Photo-Essay published below, are part of an effort by Noria to analyze the evolution of the Colombian Peace Process, in the
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Migrating Home, Going Home Abroad: Venezuelan Refugees’ Detours Between Colombia and Venezuela During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Interview with Fernando Garlin Politis,conducted by Yoletty Bracho Could you give us a quick overview of Venezuelan migration in Latin America? More precisely, what is
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Beyond Dispossession. Dealing with Land in Post-Conflict Colombia
Introduction In most of the Global South, land is fundamentally a matter of political power. Even when urban inhabitants come to largely outnumber rural ones,
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Colombia One Year Later: Peace Makes no Headway
One year after the peace accord between the Colombian government of Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed on November 24, 2016, its implementation is making no headway. This article examines the main obstacles to the materialization of the peace accord, from its difficult incorporation in Colombian law, to concrete problems identified by peasant organizations and NGOs that defend the victims of the conflict. Issues of power-sharing, security and land are at the core of present difficulties.
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Is Colombia Finally Heading Toward a Peace Agreement?
The following series conveys the vastness of the Colombian conflict’s infinite sadness. A fifty year old war that polluted with violence and displacement, regardless of
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Is Colombia Finally Heading Toward a Peace Agreement?
On October 2nd, 2016, the Colombian people voted “No” in the referendum to ratify the peace agreement between the State and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, created in 1964), which had been signed in an atmosphere of great optimism on the 26th September in Cartagena.
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Land Grabbing and Peace Negotiations in Colombia
These maps are based on data gathered by Mathilde Allain in 2013 and 2014.
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Land Grabbing and Peace Negotiations in Colombia
In November 2014, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) managed, rather surprisingly, the best take of their history: a general of the Colombian army,
Read MoreSembrando Vida, Illicit Crops & Rural Violence in Mexico
Sembrando Vida, Illicit Crops & Rural Violence in Mexico This project was produced and coordinated by the Noria Program for Mexico and Central America (Noria MXCA).For
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Episode #5 Conversation on Gender , Geography & Violence Against Women
Episode #5 Marijuana & Masculinity: Colombia’s First Drug Boom. A Conversation with Lina Britto. Transcription and translation by Teresa Carmona Lobo Jayson Maurice Porter :
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Episode #4 Conversation on Gender , Geography & Violence Against Women
Episode #4“Where are Women in Sinaloa’s Organized Crime? A Conversation with Deborah Bonello. Transcription and translation by Teresa Carmona Lobo ayson Maurice Porter : Hola,
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Episode #3 Conversation on Gender , Geography & Violence Against Women
Episode #3“The Troop. Why do soldiers kill?” A Conversation with Daniela Rea Transcription and translation by Teresa Carmona Lobo Jayson Maurice Porter: Hello, good day
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The Guadalajara Cartel Never Existed
Introduction Everyone in Mexico has heard of the Guadalajara Cartel (Cartel de Guadalajara in Spanish), an organization that, from the beginning of the 1980’s and
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When Exception Becomes the Norm: Crisis as an Ordinary Experience in Venezuela
Introduction For several years now, Venezuela has been plagued by an unprecedented combination of political, institutional, economic, social, health, and security crises. After losing control
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Leaving Oil Behind? Culture and Politics in the Collapse of Venezuela
Interview with Arnoldo Pirela, conducted by Fabrice Andréani In your opinion, what are the most salient features of the current socio-economic crisis in Venezuela? Venezuela
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Differentiated Use of Institutional Violence in Venezuela
Interview with Keymer Ávila, conducted by Fabrice Andréani What is the current state of relations between security forces and the Venezuelan population, especially the working
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All Options on the Table?: The United States’ Venezuelan Policy Under the Trump Administration
Interview with Alejandro Velasco, conducted by Fabrice Andréani How would you characterize the U.S. policy towards Venezuela over the last four years? From the very
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Untangling Opium Poppy from Violence.
This report is part of the Noria Opium Project. Click here to discover the entire project. Click here to read the other chapters of the
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Introduction – Opium Dreams. What is Hidden Behind the Poppy Flower.
This is the Introduction of our Opium Project. Click here to know more about the project. Click here to go back to the Dossier’s outline.
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Chapter 1 – The Reddest Flower in the Field. How Does the Opium Poppy fit in the Mexican Agricultural Scene?
This is the 1st Chapter of our Opium Project. Click here to know more about the project. Click here to go back to the Dossier’s
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Podcast Series on Gender, Geography & Violence against Women
Conversations on Gender, Geography, and Violence against Women in Mexico & Central Americ The Violence Takes Place series is pleased to present a set
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Two Years On From the Peace Agreement With the FARC
On 17 January 17 2019, in Bogotá, an attack on the Santander Police Training College killed 20, in the bloodiest attack conducted in Colombia’s capital
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An original venue for training Noria launched its roundtables to keep up with new research in the making. The monthly meetings allow students to present
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Armed Militias: For a State Strategy in Michoacán, Mexico
Introduction Ever since the self-defense groups appeared in February 2013, Michoacán finds itself in a profound political reconfiguration process mainly led by armed groups, be
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Self-defense groups, Cartels and territorial reconfiguration in Michoacan
“If your photographs are not good enough, you are not close enough” – Robert Capa Since July[note]Note from the editor : This report was initially published
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The Downward Spiral of the Northern Triangle in Central America
Mara 18 (©Archivo Caracas, 6toPoder) Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have entered a perilously new era in their history. Caught between the rise in criminal
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