Interview with Yoletty Bracho, conducted by Mathilde Allain The Bolivarian Revolution launched by Hugo Chávez in 1999 aimed to transform the Venezuelan state. You studied
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Mathilde Allain is a researcher on South America, with a particular focus on Colombia and Chile. Her research addresses social movements, the role of civil society in peace processes, and the political economy of land and natural resources.
Chile, the Social Crisis is Also an Environmental One
The residents of the municipality of Til Til in Chile live in the midst of highly-polluting industries that produce toxic waste, drought, dust and water pollution. This is no exceptional case. Rather, it is symptomatic of a development model based on the exploitation of natural resources.
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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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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,
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