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The U.S. State Department rarely removes terrorist groups from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. Most terrorist groups, unlike the Colombian FARC, don’t want to put down their weapons.
A fossil record in central Colombia reveals how marine animals evolved during a period of environmental change.
Researchers are using modern forensic techniques to find the bodies of victims of civil conflict in Latin America.
Reintegration is a gendered phenomenon — women, men and LGBTQ+ people experience it differently.
People wanted to use photography not only to document the aftermath of war and violence, but also to actively support peace.
Canada should be doing everything it can to ensure human rights are upheld in Colombia. Instead, its response to the ongoing violence has been tepid.
In Latin America, common citizens have often donned outlandish outfits and comic book-inspired personas to lead demonstrations and promote social change.
The Colombian government responded violently to a general strike over tax reforms that primarily affected working-class citizens. It has fueled calls for police reform.
A lethal turf war between drug traffickers has terrorized Buenaventura, Colombia for months. Now protesters are demanding the government’s help to protect people in this mostly Black city.
The infrastructure and levels of deprivation in poorer countries have prevented them from benefiting from containment measures as much as richer nations.
Two social impact bonds that have concluded in South Africa showed that they got innovation going where it was desperately needed.
Attempts to wage war on drugs in developing countries which don’t take into account the needs of local people are doomed to fail. Here’s why.
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.
Despite a landmark deal in 2016 which brought an end to five decades of conflict, an upsurge in mass killings is threatening peace in Colombia.
After a withered 2020 due to COVID-19, the flower industry is hoping to blossom. The industry, which remains far from sustainable, remains a multi-billion dollar operation.
Hope and religion can be important coping resources for people during strict lockdowns - but also a source of struggle.
The American public should understand that the United States has played a critical role in creating and fuelling violence in Latin America via its unsuccessful war on drugs.
Conventional thinking on drugs, conflict and development isn’t working – here’s why.
Interviews with former fighters show the pandemic is putting a fragile peace process under strain.
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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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Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
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PhD Candidate at School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Teaching Fellow in Defence, Development and Diplomacy, Durham University
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Research and Communications Officer, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate professor, Universidad Externado de Colombia
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PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield
