Colombia
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Conflict in Colombia: Fifty Years of FARC and a So-Called Peace
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“Today is the day you die. Our orders are to finish off all of you.” These were the words of a FARC rebel as he viciously killed a youth in a manner too grizzly to print. The killing and mutilation continued for decades. A slow-burning asymmetric war, known simply as…
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Debilidad estatal y violencia: dos caras de la misma moneda
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¿Por qué Colombia ha experimentado niveles tan altos de violencia? La respuesta tiene que ver, en gran medida, con la debilidad estatal. Dentro de las características que definen a un Estado moderno destaca la capacidad de proveer seguridad y orden a una porción amplia de la sociedad. Colombia no ha…
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A Ceasefire that Backfired: Examining the Increase in the Killing of Social Leaders in Colombia
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Negotiating peace is difficult. However, an equally difficult challenge arises when implementing peace where multiple non-state actors compete for territorial dominance. In “Killing Social Leaders for Territorial Control: The Unintended Consequences of Peace,” economists Mounu Prem, Andrés Rivera, Dario Romero and Juan Vargas found that an increase in the homicides…
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Bridging social science, policy and community: engaged research
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If you ask a social researcher—psychologist, sociologist, cultural anthropologist—why they chose their profession, you might hear something like, “to help people,” but western social research is sometimes criticized for failing to help those who may need it most: groups on the underside of the power differential. When applied social research…
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Policy Radio | Daniel E. Ortega on the Impact of Colombia’s “Plan Cuadrantes” on Crime
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Lindsey Hearn sits down with economist Daniel Ortega to discuss the impact of Colombia’s “Plan Cuadrantes,” a new police patrol and training program.