Given their chance to ratify a deal to end a 60-year war, less than 40% of Colombians voted – and they threw it out.
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As Colombians head to the polls for the October 2 referendum to permanently end the country’s civil war, everything from grief and hope to partisan politics will factor into their decision.
Women’s involvement in armed conflict in Peru and Colombia has a deep impact on societies. But peace processes and political aftermath rarely recognise their role.
The peace accords signed by the FARC and the Colombian govenment on September 26 are momentous, but they’re only the beginning of the path to peace.
The peace deal in Colombia is not only a welcome surprise after 50 years of war, it’s also groundbreaking. If Colombians vote in favor, it could offer hope for other countries in conflict.
Colombia has a chance to get behind a peace agreement that its people have waited decades to see.
After 52 years fighting the FARC, Colombia is about to vote on a comprehensive peace deal. But not everyone wants in.
A new program seeks to divert Central Americans who are fleeing violence from crossing the U.S. border. An expert on Costa Rica explains why the tiny country was chosen and the challenges they face.
History was made with the agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC. Making the gesture a reality will require a concerted effort from all involved.
Islamic State lost ground, Colombia got a chance at lasting peace, and the Pope sounded a liberated note on homosexuality.
Colombia is pursuing a bold programme to give people back land seized by paramilitaries. But its beneficiaries don’t feel safe.
Colombia has set up a new peace process to secure justice for hundreds of thousands of victims of the FARC. But it’s tried and failed at this approach before.
The peace deal in Colombia is not only a welcome surprise after 50 years of war, it’s also groundbreaking. That offers hope for other countries in conflict.
Peace has been elusive in Colombia for so many years because of the country’s economic history. To understand the reason why peace has come only now, one needs to “follow the money.”
Colombia’s decades-long conflict with the FARC could be nearing a major breakthrough. But can the Colombian state stand in the way of other opportunistic militias?
Both Netflix’s Narcos and the documentary Cartel Land fall into the trap of sensationalising violence and in doing so horribly simplify the story.
With drug trafficking, turf war, and craven politicking all at work, Colombia and Venezuela’s fraught relationship has taken a turn for the worse.
The Colombian city of Medellín doesn’t have the best reputation. Crime, violence, drug cartels and murder are all characteristics that spring to mind. Perhaps most famous for its two Escobars, Pablo the…
Even today, some 20 years after his death, there is still debate in Colombia on how to interpret the mythology surrounding feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel. Escobar was regarded as…
Last month marked the one year anniversary of peace talks between the Colombian government and the western hemisphere’s oldest and strongest insurgency – the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the…
Principales colaboradores
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Research fellow at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Teaching Fellow in Law, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield
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Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
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PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Vinnova/Marie Curie Fellow - Researcher in Feminist Security Studies, Lund University
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PhD Candidate at School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Teaching Fellow in Defence, Development and Diplomacy, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Associate professor, Universidad Externado de Colombia
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Research and Communications Officer, University of Oxford
