Colombia has elected its first left-wing government, led by a former guerrilla fighter and a female black activist.
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The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
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.
Reintegration is a gendered phenomenon — women, men and LGBTQ+ people experience it differently.
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.
Interviews with former fighters show the pandemic is putting a fragile peace process under strain.
A nationally mandated quarantine isn’t keeping Colombia’s armed groups at home. Despite calls for a ceasefire, they are still killing activists, threatening humanitarian workers and seizing aid.
Small business grants are supposed to help Colombia’s disarmed FARC fighters start new lives as entrepreneurs. But interviews with 12 female ex-insurgents suggests the government plan may fail women.
Colombia’s new president opposes the 2016 peace deal with the FARC guerrillas. As trust between the government and militants erodes, at least 1,700 former insurgents have returned to armed struggle.
Hundreds of thousands of women helped the Nazi cause. Few ever faced justice.
Cross border security is at serious risk. So are the lives of the people who live there.
A 2016 accord with the FARC guerrillas was supposed to end Colombia’s 52-year civil war. But a deadly car bomb in Bogotá shows that armed insurgents still threaten the South American country.
Strikes and rallies have gripped Colombia for months. That’s bad news for its new government but a sign of progress in a country that had little tolerance for dissent during its 52-year civil war.
In the most peaceful election in their modern history, Colombians have elected as their next president a conservative who will renegotiate the country’s fragile 2016 accord with the FARC guerrillas.
The Colombian government has learned the hard way that simply explaining a complex deal to people won’t win them over.
Two candidates from Colombia’s May 27 presidential vote will face off on June 17. One is a former guerrilla. The other is a hard-liner. Their views for the nation’s future couldn’t be more different.
As reports of crimes against humanity mount, Colombia’s post-conflict justice system is still moving desperately slowly.
A former FARC rebel commander-turned- presidential candidate has withdrawn from Colombia’s 2018 election. Despite increased violence, the peace accord he signed will probably survive this setback.
One of Colombia’s most beautiful areas, El Cocuy National Natural Park was for years too dangerous to visit. No more.
Some of the crucial mechanisms meant to deliver peace in Colombia have yet to be set up.
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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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PhD Candidate at School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State 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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Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
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Vinnova/Marie Curie Fellow - Researcher in Feminist Security Studies, Lund University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield
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Lecturer in the Politics of African Development, University of Leeds
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Professor of Law, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Global Business and Board Member of the Institute for Latino and Latin American Studies, St Mary's College of California
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Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master's in Applied Intelligence, Georgetown University
