Building Peace Amidst Multiple Transitions: Colombia After the Peace Agreement between the state and FARC
Peace was “in the air” in Colombia in 2011.
Read More
Author: Angelika Rettberg
Borderland Battles
When then-President Juan Manuel Santos signed a peace accord with one of the Western Hemisphere’s oldest guerrillas in 2016 (the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC), optimism ran high that an end to decades-long violence in Colombia had been…
Read More
Cacaos y tigres de papel
During the political crisis that almost toppled the government of President Ernesto Samper, no one examined the role played by business. This was despite the fact that, on several occasions…
Read More
The Colombian Colloquium
The long-standing Colombian crisis has sparked a growing interest within the U.S.-based academic community. The realization as to the complexity of the Colombian crisis …
Read More
Managing Peace
In a recent interview, a Salvadoran businessman recalled what ex-combatants of the demobilized Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) told him when they met …
Read More