Pueblos indígenas y Plan Colombia

"Polemical historical study of the origins of Panamanian secession and the role played by Colombian domestic actors and the US government. The evolution of Colombian-Panamanian relations since 1903, with particular reference to the issue of the Panama Canal is also analyzed. Denounces support of Panamanian separatism and its appropriation of the Canal Zone but also criticizes the behavior of Colombian parties and administrations for generating Panamanian resentment, opening doors to foreign intervention and failing to pay adequate attention to the inter-oceanic canal issue. Interesting...

La paz incicia el siglo: los tratados de Wisconsin, Neerlandia y Chinácota - Fronteras de la guerra y la paz, 1932 - La paz frustrada, 1953 - Paz y acuerdos políticos, 1956-1957 - El acuerdo de la Uribe, 1984 - La paz de finales del siglo XX: avances y retrocesos, 1990 - La paz en el siglo XX - ¿La paz tiene perspectivas?

Un ejército capaz de generar desde su interior procesos de transformación autónomos es un ejército consciente de la trascendencia de su función y comprometido con la efectividad de los postulados constitucionales que delimitan su actuación: ese es el Ejército Nacional de Colombia, una institución capaz de repensarse, de orientar y reorientar sus estrategias para adaptarse a contextos cambiantes, manteniendo incólumes los principios democráticos que determinan su existencia. Esta convicción y la inquebrantable decisión de ser un actor crucial para la garantía de los derechos de...

"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.