The dynamics of voting patterns in Colombia’s narrowly-defeated plebiscite carry important lessons for the future of peace and democracy, particularly in the country’s rural countryside.
To the shock of Colombians and international observers, Colombia’s historic peace process has been stopped in its tracks after 50.2% of voters rejected a plebiscite Sunday.
The historic peace deal between the FARC and the Colombian government holds unique challenges for the thousands of female combatants reintegrating into Colombian society.
El activista y líder afrocolombiano indígena, Rogelio Ustate Arrogoces, exige que la sociedad y el estado colombiano reconozcan como tragedia humanitaria el desplazamiento forzado causado por la minería.
Cumbre Agraria, one of Colombia’s most powerful rural social movements, recently reached an important preliminary accord with the government. Will it have wider implications for achieving peace in Colombia?
Christy Thornton, William I. Robinson, John Gibler, Gladys Tzul Tzul and Dawn Paley
The focus of the summer 2016 NACLA Report on the Americas, this forum reflects on the connection between drug war violence and global capital interests as analyzed in Dawn Paley's book Drug War Capitalism.
