Who Counts in Conflicts During the Pandemic?
Guest post by Sophia Dawkins When the WHO declared a pandemic last March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed…
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Violence Against FARC Ex-Combatants Threatens Peace in Colombia
By guest contributor Angela D. Nichols and permanent contributor Christopher J. Fariss Access the Spanish translation here. Since…
Election in Peru
Last Tuesday, Peru swore in its third president in just over a week. Large protests against government corruption…
election in Bolivia
It’s been more than ten months since Evo Morales resigned as president of Bolivia, in what some called…
The Human Impact of Deportation
By Juan Tellez, and guest contributor David Dow The COVID-19 pandemic brought a brief respite in national deportation…
The Global Impacts of COVID-19
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected prospects for peace or conflict; political participation; and civil liberties around the…
What Can Reparations Do?
Guest post by Elsa Voytas On June 19, 2020 (Juneteenth), protesters from Minnesota to Louisiana chanted “Reparations Now”…
Trash is Piling Up in Rural Colombia—That’s a Bad Sign for Peace
By Fiorella Vera-Adrianzén, Peter Dixon, Daniel Ortega, Edwin Cubillos Rodríguez, Manuela Muñoz Ramírez, Rosario Arias Callejas, Saraya Bonilla…
Protesting Against Oppression
Guest post by James C. Franklin The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, captured in a…
DispatchIn War-Torn Colombia, One Community Stands Up to Outsiders
Guest post by Juan Masullo and Julia Zulver In Colombia’s lush Catatumbo region, nestled against the Venezuelan border,…