Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por El Espectador el 27 de septiembre de 2020.
Profile of a former CIA agent who served as head of security for Drummond, a U.S. coal company accused of working with paramilitaries.
Publicado por un grupo de congresistas colombianos el 27 de septiembre de 2020.
A data-heavy look at government compliance with the illicit drugs chapter of the peace accord, and an evaluation of drug policy options. (link at juanitaenelcongreso.com)
Published by the United Nations on September 25, 2020.
A wide-ranging quarterly report about the state of accord implementation, from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. (Link at undocs.org)
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 24 de septiembre de 2020.
An investigation of a Duque government policy to transfer some unclaimed lands to large-scale agribusinesses, which contravenes the peace accord’s “rural reform” principles.
Published by WOLA on September 23, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
Publicado por CINEP y CERAC el 22 de septiembre de 2020.
A data-driven report measures compliance with peace accord commitments.
Publicado por Razón Pública el 21 de septiembre de 2020.
Profiles of some former AUC paramilitary leaders and the crimes they still need to clarify or confess.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 21 de septiembre de 2020.
A history of how deeply ingrained the practice of kidnapping was for the FARC during the conflict.
Published by InsightCrime on September 18, 2020.
A narrative of how illegal timber traders corrupted security, judicial, and other government officials in Santander.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 18 de septiembre de 2020.
Social leaders are also under attack in the poor and working-class neighborhoods of Bogotá.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 17 de septiembre de 2020.
Explores appropriate possible roles for the armed forces in combating rising deforestation.
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 14 de septiembre de 2020.
The annual security situation overview produced by researchers at Bogotá’s Fundación Paz y Reconciliación.
Published by JusticeInfo on September 14, 2020.
Poor maintenance to a victims’ memorial in Antioquia is emblematic of how Colombia’s historical memory initiatives are “floundering.”
Published by the Brookings Institution and the Migration Policy Institute on September 14, 2020.
A review of data in Colombia, Peru, and Chile finds that “Venezuelan immigrants commit substantially fewer crimes than the native born, relative to their share in the overall population.”
Publicado por tres plataformas de organizaciones de derechos humanos el 9 de septiembre de 2020.
A very critical book-length set of studies and essays about the human rights and peace implementation situation two years into the Duque government.
Publicado por Vorágine el 9 de septiembre de 2020.
A blow-by-blow account of the massacre that took the lives of 5 young people in a poor Cali neighborhood on August 11.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 6 de septiembre de 2020.
Explains how communities have used a mechanism in Colombian law to defend against aggressive forced coca eradication and a return to aerial herbicide spraying.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 4 de septiembre de 2020.
The security situation worsens in the Bajo Cauca region of northeastern Antioquia, a coca and cocaine-producing region with presence of two paramilitary groups, FARC dissidents, and ELN.
Publicado por el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos el 3 de septiembre de 2020.
A summary of a more detailed scientific study of risks to reproductive health posed by glyphosate, the herbicide that the U.S. and Colombian governments wish to resume spraying from aircraft over coca-growing areas.
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 3 de septiembre de 2020.
A detailed discussion of the FARC’s demobilization, disarmament, and initial reintegration process.
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
A narrative of the Havana peace process with the FARC, focusing on how negotiators dealt with key questions.
Publicado por el Instituto para las Transiciones Integrales el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
A narrative of the period of informal talks that led to the 2012 launch of formal peace negotiations between Colombia’s government and the FARC.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
Recently declassified U.S. government documents from the 1990s attest to the Colombian military’s low morale and collaboration with paramilitary groups.
Publicado por El Espectador el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
An investigation points to evidence that an Italian volunteer with the UN Verification Mission may have been murdered for reporting on a military bombardment that killed several child recruits.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en septiembre de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
