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The Colombian Llanos Orientiales (Eastern Plains) as Part of the FARC Peace Agreement 17 Jun 2013 | 05:53 am
The Llanos Orientales, as large as 16-17 million ha and roughly about one quarter of Colombia's territory, are seen as a possible solution for the large amounts of landless small farmers (campesinos) ...
The (Preliminary) Agrarian Reform Agreement of the FARC Peace Talks 16 Jun 2013 | 05:16 am
It took the FARC and the Colombian government more than 6 months to reach an agreement on the 1st of 6 items of the Peace Process Agenda; Agrarian Reform. It's still a preliminary agreement, because o...
Causes and Types of Domestic Land Conflicts in Latin America 16 May 2013 | 09:45 pm
Many Latin American countries today are still suffering from domestic land conflicts, often resulting in violent actions and killings. These land conflicts may be limited to small parts of a country, ...
The Still Growing Violence and Crime in Venezuela 2 May 2013 | 04:55 am
With 99.67% of the votes being counted on April 14th, it looks like Nicolás Maduro has beaten Henrique Capriles with 1.49% of the votes (50.61% vs 49.12%) in the presidential elections of April 14th 2...
Emerging Paramilitary Groups in Mexico 28 Mar 2013 | 05:49 am
Despite the efforts of former presidents Vicente Fox and Felipe Caldéron the drug cartel war and related violence in Mexico still continues today. More than 1.6 million Mexicans left their homes becau...
Venezuela Under Hugo Chávez 20 Feb 2013 | 05:52 am
While on Feb 15 2013 the Venezuelan government released new pictures of Hugo Chávez including a press release about his medical condition in an attempt to invalidate Spanish ABC's claims, things are ...
The End Of The Chávez Era? 13 Feb 2013 | 05:57 am
President Chávez hasn't been seen or spoken publicly since that sudden departure to Havana on Dec. 10 2012. Former Vice President Elías Jaua recently said the president has overcome complications incl...
US Firearms Trafficking to Mexico 23 Jan 2013 | 06:43 am
After the Newtown, CT school shooting December 14th 2012, discussions about gun control blaze again the US. The sale of handguns and semi-automatic rifles and assault weapons immediately sky rocketed ...
What Will Happen in Colombia after Peace with Las FARC? 13 Dec 2012 | 06:37 am
Since November peace negotiations between President Santos' administration and the FARC have begun in Cuba, much to the regret of hardliner and former president Álvaro Uribe Velez and the Uribistas. T...
The Domestic Colombian Armed Conflict: Visualized 30 Nov 2012 | 05:25 am
Now peace negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian Government has began in Havana, the mainstream media is writing a lot about the Colombian conflict. You can read many background articles and ...
