Publicado por CINEP el 30 de julio de 2020.
A discussion of the humanitarian and security situation at the Colombia-Venezuela border.
July 30, 2020
¿Cómo está la seguridad humana en la frontera colombo-venezolana?
Tag: Borders
Las guerras del Eln por dominar la frontera venezolana en Norte de Santander
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 27 de julio de 2020.
The ELN is the largest of several armed groups operating, and mostly fighting each other bitterly, along the border between Norte de Santander department and Venezuela.
July 27, 2020
Forced Disappearance in the Borderland: Unveiling Victims’ Invisibility in Norte de Santander
Published by SSRN on June 5, 2020.
U.S. researchers explore forced disappearance and other security dynamics at the Colombia-Venezuela border region in Norte de Santander department.
June 5, 2020
Conversatorio Seguridad en la Frontera
Publicado por CINEP el 15 de mayo de 2020.
A discussion about security conditions along the Colombia-Venezuela border.
May 15, 2020
Desaparición forzada y terror en la frontera colombo-venezolana
Publicado por Semana el 5 de mayo de 2020.
The security and human rights situation amid fighting between armed groups along the Colombia-Venezuela border.
May 5, 2020
Broken Ties, Frozen Borders: Colombia and Venezuela Face COVID-19
Published by the International Crisis Group on April 15, 2020.
A survey of conditions along the Colombia-Venezuela border as it braces for the impact of coronavirus.
April 15, 2020
March 14, 2020
For public health reasons, President Iván Duque orders the closure of all seven official Colombia-Venezuela border crossings, and deploys 5,000 security-force personnel to guard unofficial crossings.
March 14, 2020
March 8, 2020
- The bodies of 13 people are found in Palmarito, outside the city of Cúcuta, and across the border in Venezuela. The massacre is believed to be the result of fighting between the ELN and the Rastrojos—the remnant of a once much stronger post-paramilitary group—for control of cross-border smuggling routes. “The most conservative estimates,” Semana reports, “say that this war has left 37 dead in recent months.”
March 8, 2020
Fuego Cruzado en la frontera del Putumayo
Publicado por El Comercio el 1 de marzo de 2020.
A look at the security and drug-trafficking situation in the remote zone where Peru borders Colombia, where Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency. Video accompanies an article and multimedia presentation by the Peruvian newspaper El Comercio.
March 1, 2020
Sin Dios ni Ley, un Informe de la Violencia en la Frontera
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación, 10 de febrero de 2020.
A detailed overview of the security situation at the Colombia-Venezuela border.
February 10, 2020
‘The Guerrillas Are the Police’: Social Control and Abuses by Armed Groups in Colombia’s Arauca Province and Venezuela’s Apure State
Published by Human Rights Watch, January 22, 2020.
Abuses including murder, forced labor, child recruitment, and rape are often committed as part of the groups’ strategy to control the social, political, and economic life of Arauca and Apure. Impunity for such abuses is the rule.
January 22, 2020