Posts Tagged ‘Paramilitary Politics’
The Country of the Eternal Party
The long national hangover caused by the end of the singer Diomedes´ eternal party continues to elicit different opinions. Most people go along with the idea that the dead can never be bad, as the a verse of one of the Cacique’s songs says. Others, like Cecilia Orozco, remember the deceased as a condemned murder, a fugitive of justice and protected by the paramilitaries.
Read MoreAltered State: Clientelism, Mafias and Institutional Weakness in Colombia
This book articulates a comprehensive vision of not only the the social and political effects of the paramilitary phenomenon in Colombia, but also of the institutional and legal weaknesses of the Colombian government, which has been captured by mafias and political actors.
Read MoreAnd they refounded the homeland… On how the mafia and politicians reconfigured the Colombian State
This publication discusses the implications of the capture of the Colombian State by illegal armed groups.
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