Colombia had already proven to be fertile territory for Tren de Aragua's operations, expanding its criminal rents and offering refuge.| InSight Crime
Quatro caminhonetes brancas sem identificação correm por uma paisagem de plantações verdes brilhantes, passando por lamaçais em estradas sinuosas no meio da floresta. Ao fazer uma curva acentuada, o comboio atrai olhares preocupados de uma família inteira reunida em uma casa de madeira decorada com serpentinas de aniversário - o clima de festa é repentinamente abalado. As motocicletas param bruscamente e as crianças ao longo da estrada observam com olhos arregalados e temerosos. This...| InfoAmazonia
En el extremo oriental de Venezuela, por la maraña de caños que conducen al gran río hasta su desembocadura, se mueven decenas de hombres armados que se identifican como antiguos combatientes de las FARC colombianas. Transitan con libertad, aseguran contar con la venia del gobierno de Caracas y controlan el tráfico fluvial de drogas, de otras mercancías ilícitas y de pasajeros. Contra el deseo de los lugareños, hoy dominan una ubicación estratégica, donde el balatá y el hierro anta...| Armando.info
On July 20, 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos promised the 9 million voters who had just elected him to his first term that he would build on the foundation created “by a giant, our President Álvaro Uribe.”1 He declared that Colombia could now look to the future with hope, thanks to the multiple successes that ... Read more The post A Skeptic’s View on the “Peace Dividend” appeared first on Americas Quarterly.| Americas Quarterly
On July 20, 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos promised the 9 million voters who had just elected him to his first term that he would build on the foundation created “by a giant, our President Álvaro Uribe.”1 He declared that Colombia could now look to the future with hope, thanks to the multiple successes that ... Read more The post A Skeptic’s View on the “Peace Dividend” appeared first on Americas Quarterly.| Americas Quarterly
Colombia's Armed Forces are engaged in combat with FARC dissidents of the EMC after Monday's attack in Miranda, Cauca. Over 72 hours the southwest of Colombia has witnessed unprecedented violence.| The City Paper Bogotá
El 17 de mayo, Seuxis Pausias Hernández Solarte, alias Jesús Santrich, uno de los dos líderes más destacados de las Farc, fue emboscado y asesinado en Venezuela por comandos enviados por el Estado colombiano. Santrich era miembro de las Farc desde hacía tres décadas, tras ingresar en las Juventudes Comunistas de Colombia cuando tenía 13...| ANTICONQUISTA