This article is Chapter 2 of Noria MXAC “Violence Takes Place” Editorial Series. Introduction The first person to bring opium poppies to the Sierra of
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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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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
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When Repressing Means Laissez-Faire : Extortions and Violence in Guatemala
Violence in Central American States is regularly headline news. In Guatemala, the gangs called “maras” thrive on drug trafficking and extortions. Their violence is however
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