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Cuadernos Colombianos

Cuadernos Colombianos brings into focus the political economy of the Colombian armed conflict and its intersection with economics, organized crime, and the country’s internally displaced population. It provides a critical reading of, together with a context of, the most recent events and their wider impact. This blog also explores the changing role that Colombia plays in the Andean region, its position in the global and regional division of labor, and relationships with the United States, Europe, and China.

June 20, 2011

For almost a century the dominant classes of Colombia have refused to accept a meaningful land reform as a way to end the civil war. What the Santos government needs is a change of course based on the acknowledgment that this protracted war has damaged enough Colombia’s social fabric.

June 13, 2011

State-sponsored crime is neither unique nor exceptional. In fact, as the prominent sociologist Charles Tilly pointed out, the history of the nation state has been violent. This violence has been harnessed over time to serve the interests of capital—as was the case of Europe.

Colombia is no exception.