Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 4 de diciembre de 2020.
Campesinos in the Guayabero River region of southern Meta department are organized against state neglect and forced coca eradication.
Publicado por El Espectador el 7 de noviembre de 2020.
A community in southwest Meta department seeks to resist FARC dissident groups and government forced eradication teams by declaring a “humanitarian space.”
Published by Politico on November 2, 2020.
An overview of the state of affairs as Colombia edges closer to restarting a controversial U.S.-backed program of aerial herbicide fumigation.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 5 de octubre de 2020.
A look at the many challenges to peace accord implementation in one of Colombia’s most neglected and complicated regions.
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)
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 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 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)
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 8 de agosto de 2020.
A look at compliance in peace accord commitments and the security situation in Guaviare, a department in south-central Colombia with a heavy presence of FARC dissident groups.
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 30 de julio de 2020.
Forced eradication operations are growing ever more aggressive, as documented in this account from journalists in the Guayabero River region of south-central Colombia.
Publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito el 28 de julio de 2020.
The UNODC’s annual survey of coca cultivation finds a modest reduction in 2019, steady cocaine production, less cultivation in Tumaco and more in Catatumbo, now the country’s largest coca-producing region. (Link at unodc.org)
Outlines the current challenges of Colombia’s peace process, across the board, and makes recommendations for U.S. policy.
Publicado por Semana el 12 de julio de 2020.
The newsmagazine finds that coca eradication teams have been systematically inflating reports of their results, throwing off recordkeeping for many years.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 3 de julio de 2020.
A heavily graphical overview of where the conflict stands at the moment. Includes an accompanying infographic: English / Español
Publicado por la Corporación Viso Mutop el 30 de junio de 2020. (Link at visomutop.org)
Two longtime Colombian drug policy experts analyze the costs and risks of the current supply-side, eradication-heavy model for dealing with illicit crops, and lay out alternative proposals.
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 23 de junio de 2020.
A collection of accounts of campesinos who have successfully substituted coca through sustainable and innovative projects.
Publicado por UNODC el 17 de junio de 2020.
A summary of UNODC’s annual findings about coca cultivation in Colombia, covering 2019. (Link at unodc.org)
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 10 de junio de 2020.
An analysis of the debate over prior consultation with communities that has delayed re-starting of a U.S.-backed aerial herbicide fumigation in coca-growing areas.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 8 de junio de 2020.
Concerns about the Duque government’s plan to focus security and stabilization efforts in five conflictive territories.
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 29 de mayo de 2020.
Juan Carlos Garzón of the Fundación Ideas para la Paz looks at the mid-year, mid-pandemic state of Colombia’s coca eradication campaign, for which he predicts no lasting success.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional en abril de 2020.
A regularly updated collection of official security, defense, and counter-drug statistics. (Link at mindefensa.gov.co)
The State Department’s annual worldwide overview of the drug trade and efforts to combat it. Includes a chapter on Colombia and mentions of the country throughout. (Link at state.gov)
Publicado por la Corte Constitucional de Colombia el 27 de febrero de 2020 (aunque fechado el 18 de julio de 2019).
The text of the Constitutional Court’s July 2019 decision reinterpreting its 2017 suspension of aerial spraying of coca-growing areas using the herbicide glyphosate. (Link at corteconstitucional.gov.co)
Published by WOLA on February 11, 2020.
Colombia is nearing re-initiation of a suspended, U.S.-backed program of spraying herbicides from aircraft over coca-growing zones. This report evaluates this strategy according to six criteria.
Publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas Contra la Droga y el Delito el 4 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed update, as of October 31, 2019, on the state of the Colombian government’s illicit crop substitution program within the framework of chapter 4 of the 2016 peace accord. (Link at unodc.org)
