Profile of brothers from an elite family in Cesar, an emblematic case of land concentration and support for paramilitarism.
Los Mattos: retrato de una familia para enmarcar
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
“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.
Colombia: Indigenous Kids at Risk of Malnutrition, Death
Published by Human Rights Watch on August 13, 2020.
Child malnutrition remains severe among the Wayuu people of La Guajira. It is a result of severe corruption and threatens to worsen with COVID-19.
‘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.
Avances y desafíos de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Guaviare
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.
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.
Defining his Legacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Duque in his Final two Years
Published by Colombia Risk Analysis on August 5, 2020.
As Iván Duque hits the midpoint of his presidential term, an overview of Colombia’s political and economic reality.
¿En Qué Va la Paz a 2 Años del Gobierno Duque?
Publicado por un grupo de congresistas colombianos el 4 de agosto de 2020.
A data-filled report on the current status of implementation of the FARC peace accord, compiled by a group of pro-peace members of Colombia’s Congress. (link at juanitaenelcongreso.com)
Colombia Update: The State of Peace and Human Rights Amid the Pandemic
Published by WOLA on August 4, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
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.
The Friends of “El Viejo”: Declassified Records Detail Suspected Paramilitary, Narco Ties of Former Colombian President Uribe
Published by the National Security Archive on August 31, 2020.
A trove of declassified U.S. documents raises questions about ex-president Álvaro Uribe’s possible ties to paramilitaries and narcotraffickers.
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.
Investigation strategy for homicides committed against human rights defenders
Published by the Fiscalía General de la Nación in August 2020.
An overview of the chief prosecutor’s office’s efforts to bring to justice killers of social leaders and human rights defenders.
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.
La Comisión de la Verdad y los empresarios aún no logran vencer la desconfianza
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 31 de julio de 2020.
About the Truth Commission’s often difficult relations with Colombia’s business sector, military, and political right.
¿Por qué Ejército y Policía no reaccionan con contundencia en el Sur de Córdoba?
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 30 de julio de 2020.
Southern Córdoba suffered two massacres in 24 hours as neo-paramiltiary groups fight each other. Where are the security forces?
El descontrol militar en Guayabero deja civiles heridos y el Estado calla
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.