Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is a Title VI National Resource Center in consortium with the University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Colombia: Can peace negotiators address root causes?
To understand negotiations you have to ask ‘Who are the negotiators?’
COLOMBIA: GOOD PROSPECTS FOR PEACE TALKS
A new report from the International Crisis Group says that the forthcoming talks between the Colombian government and the FARC insurgents have a good chance of success.
COLOMBIA: SHORT WALKS FROM BOGOTA
Film-maker and journalist Tom Feiling talks expresses cautious optimism about peace talks, but warns that illusions about the drug trade persist
Colombia peace talks
The Santos government has announced exploratory peace talks with the FARC guerrilla movement
Colombia’s indigenous peoples in the crossfire
The Nasa people's desire for autonomy places them in conflict with the national army, the FARC and the paramilitaries.
PEACE IS NOT GOOD BUSINESS IN COLOMBIA
A former director of the Jesuit think-tank CINEP argues that peace depends on settling the 'social question', chronic inequality, and sees little willingness anywhere to address this seriously.
Colombia and Venezuela — new era of collaboration
Colombia's President Santos and Venezuela's President Chávez are collaborating in combatting the FARC and controlling smuggling.
Colombia: a state of flux
If Colombia is to overcome its legacy of violence and insecurity, the beleaguered justice system must be strengthened, argues Adam Isacson from WOLA.
El Salvador realizó “vuelos de la muerte” durante la guerra
A CIA document, recently declassified and heavily redacted, has been published by the El Salvador electronic newspaper La Página (2 February 2012). Article in Spanish.