Political Murder and Reform in Colombia
Title | Political Murder and Reform in Colombia PDF eBook |
Author | Juan E. Méndez |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781564320643 |
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Walking Ghosts
Title | Walking Ghosts PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Dudley |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2004-06-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135954259 |
In Walking Ghosts, Steven Dudley, a journalist who lived in Columbia for five years, expertly chronicles the life and death of the Patriotic Union (UP), the party established by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Colombia's largest guerrilla group. Through stories of the politicians, drug kingpins, revolutionaries, and mercenaries who play key roles in Colombia's civil strife, Dudley maps out the complicated and murderous absurdity that is present-day Colombia, where daily life has devastating consequences: 30,000 murders per year, 75 political assassinations per week, 10 kidnappings a day. As the conflict gets bloodier, international pressure and influence mounts: Worried about the FARC's strength and its role in the drug trade, the United States has sent close to three billion dollars in aid to help the Colombian government fight the FARC. Steven Dudley seeks to make sense of this complicated conflict by focusing on the stories of key actors in the struggle, from the earliest days to the present. He has seen the civil war up close: dead bodies; paramilitaries; guerrillas; victims; and survivors. He has witnessed political parties grappling for power by any means necessary, and he's spoken to all sides and asked the difficult questions. Fast-paced and informative, with a new afterword by the author, Walking Ghosts presents a window into a conflict likely to shape the politics of this hemisphere for years to come.
A History of Political Murder in Latin America
Title | A History of Political Murder in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | W. John Green |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2015-04-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438456638 |
A sweeping study of political murder in Latin America. This sweeping history depicts Latin Americas pan-regional culture of political murder. Unlike typical studies of the region, which often focus on the issues or trends of individual countries, this work focuses thematically on the nature of political murder itself, comparing and contrasting its uses and practices throughout the region. W. John Green examines the entire system of political murder: the methods and justifications the perpetrators employ, the victims, and the consequences for Latin American societies. Green demonstrates that elite and state actors have been responsible for most political murders, assassinating the leaders of popular movements and other messengers of change. Latin American elites have also often targeted the potential audience for these messages through the regions various dirty wars. In spite of regional differences, elites across the region have displayed considerable uniformity in justifying their use of murder, imagining themselves in a class war with democratic forces. While the United States has often been complicit in such violence, Green notes that this has not been universally true, with US support waxing and waning. A detailed appendix, exploring political murder country by country, provides an additional resource for readers.
Colombia's Killer Networks
Title | Colombia's Killer Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Human Rights Watch/Americas |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781564322036 |
VI. The U.S role
Political Murder and Reform in Colombia
Title | Political Murder and Reform in Colombia PDF eBook |
Author | Juan E. Méndez |
Publisher | |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Assassination |
ISBN | 9780300056082 |
This report estimates that 3760 Colombians died in 1991 in political violence; this figure includes combat-related deaths, murders of non-combatants by the guerrillas and by the army, social cleansing killings (prostitutes, beggars, homeless) and murders of political adversaries.
War Without Quarter
Title | War Without Quarter PDF eBook |
Author | Human Rights Watch (Organization) |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781564321879 |
The laws of war and Colombia
The Assassination of Gaitán
Title | The Assassination of Gaitán PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Braun |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2003-10-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0299103641 |
Drawn in part from personal interviews with participants and witnesses, Herbert Braun’s analysis of the riot’s roots, its patterns and consequences, provides a dramatic account of this historic turning point and an illuminating look at the making of modern Colombia. Braun’s narrative begins in the year 1930 in Bogotá, Colombia, when a generation of Liberals and Conservatives came to power convinced they could kept he peace by being distant, dispassionate, and rational. One of these politicians, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, was different. Seeking to bring about a society of merit, mass participation, and individualism, he exposed the private interests of the reigning politicians and engendered a passionate relationship with his followers. His assassination called forth urban crowds that sought to destroy every visible evidence of public authority of a society they felt no longer had the moral right to exist. This is a book about behavior in public: how the actors—the political elite, Gaitán, and the crowds—explained and conducted themselves in public, what they said and felt, and what they sought to preserve or destroy, is the evidence on which Braun draws to explain the conflicts contained in Colombian history. The author demonstrates that the political culture that was emerging through these tensions offered the hope of a peaceful transition to a more open, participatory, and democratic society. “Most Colombians regard Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as a pivotal figure in their nation’s history, whose assassination on April 9, 1948 irrevocably changed the course of events in the twentieth century. . . . As biography, social history, and political analysis, Braun’s book is a tour de force.”—Jane M. Rausch, Hispanic American Historical Review