Bogotá MMX, 200 años después

Historia de la Tristeza narra la vida de cinco mujeres que luchan por sobrevivir al desplazamiento y a la pérdida de identidad, después de dejar a sus espaldas lo que alguna vez fueron y amaron. Todas han vivido en carne propia diferentes tipos de agresión: política, social y doméstica. Lo conocido ha sido disgregado, los vínculos se han roto y, en ese caótico deambular en medio del dolor, los personajes indeleblemente buscan un nuevo hogar, la permanencia de nuevas raíces, un nuevo renacer. Son las víctimas de La Violencia que ha azotado a Colombia desde la década de los años...

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Very thoughtful study of a problem of the utmost importance for Colombia. The author analyzes the country's economic and political development since the post-war to better understand the profound changes it has undergone; he then proceeds to survey the known facts about the illegal drug industry. Within this context, Thoumi attempts to determine why Colombia developed, since the 1970s, a marijuana, and subsequently a cocaine, industry. Further, he evaluates the effects of the drug trade on the Colombian economy and social order. The final analysis suggests that Colombia's chances of reducing ...

To date, the growing body of literature about Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) has focused primarily on questions of policy design. It has widely neglected the beneficiaries of policy and their lives beyond DDR programmes. The present study intends to balance this shortcoming by systematically describing the individual perspective of ex-combatants. Through a series of 62 interviews with former Colombian paramilitaries, the themes that are central to their lives are identified. The selection of the interviewees and the interview analysis draw on grounded theory. The goal of...