Publicado por Semana el 29 de agosto de 2020.
Profiles of four victims of a recent wave of massacres around the country, nearly all of whose victims have been young people.
Cuatro historias de sangre: así masacran a los jóvenes en Colombia
Links to long-form information produced by journalistic sources
La ‘Oficina’ y ‘Gaitanistas’ afectan la vida cotidiana en el Suroeste antioqueño
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 29 de agosto de 2020.
Summarizes recent ombudsman (Defensoría) alerts about the threats to the population of southwestern Antioquia department resulting from increased organized crime and neo-paramilitary activity.
El Aro: ¿Qué tiene que ver Álvaro Uribe Vélez?
Publicado por Semana el 29 de agosto de 2020.
A rundown of the 1997 paramilitary massacre in Antioquia that, some allege, received support from the office of then-governor Álvaro Uribe.
Los Mattos: retrato de una familia para enmarcar
Profile of brothers from an elite family in Cesar, an emblematic case of land concentration and support for paramilitarism.
“Nuestras armas dejadas jamás volverán a la guerra”
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 25 de agosto de 2020.
In a lengthy interview, Martín Cruz Vega, the FARC party’s communications director, discusses the group’s disarmament and demobilization.
En Colombia no hay una sino varias guerras locales, todas creciendo
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 24 de agosto de 2020.
Colombia’s conflict has devolved into a series of localized conflict with different armed actors.
Colombia: 93 masacres en 20 meses
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 23 de agosto de 2020.
An accounting of the country’s worsening wave of multiple killings.
El Pais Que Sigue Matando a Sus Jovenes
Publicado por El Tiempo el 21 de agosto de 2020.
Two massacres within a week highlight the daily threats faced by young people in marginalized parts of the country.
Liberacion Informes de Inteligencia Operacion Atai
Publicado por Cuestión Pública y DeJusticia el 18 de agosto de 2020.
Documents indicate that Colombia’s military knew that forcibly recruited children were present at a FARC dissident encampment in Caquetá before bombing it in August 2019.
Masacres, estrategia de terror en múltiples confrontaciones
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 17 de agosto de 2020.
The country has suffered at least ten massacres in the prior two months. This article focuses mainly on Nariño.
‘La Voz de San José’ que no puede hablar en el sur de Córdoba
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 12 de agosto de 2020.
Journalists who would report on the severe violence in San José de Uré, southern Córdoba, are silenced.
In Colombia, Álvaro Uribe’s Immunity Is Finally Coming to an End
Published by Jacobin on August 12, 2020.
An overview of the case against former president Álvaro Uribe and what it says about the power of the right in Colombian politics.
Garantías de no repetición, materia reprobada por el gobierno nacional
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 9 de agosto de 2020.
An analysis of the security forces’ inability to protect human rights defenders and conflict victims from renewed violence.
Sahagún, donde hacer periodismo es echarse la soga al cuello
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 6 de agosto de 2020.
About the dangers of practicing journalism in Sahagún, Córdoba, a town that is the birthplace of a disproportionate number of political leaders.
Defender la Amazonía pone en riesgo la vida
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 4 de agosto de 2020.
Social leader killings have exploded in Caquetá, and few even get investigated.
La cara étnica de la pandemia en Colombia
Publicado por El Espectador el 3 de agosto de 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Afro-desdendant and indigenous communities especially hard.
El Alcalde antirrestitución de El Carmen de Bolívar
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 31 de agosto de 2020.
El Cármen de Bolívar is a municipality in the Montes de María region that suffered massive displacement and notorious paramilitary massacres in the early 2000s. The new mayor, Carlos Torres Cohen, opposes land restitution.
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives
Published by the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy on August 1, 2020.
U.S. and Colombian economists find a correlation between 2003-08 “false positive” killings, the weakness of judicial institutions, and the prevalence of colonels commanding Army brigades.