FARC
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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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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…