Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on Colombia's Pacific coast

Oslender, Ulrich

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“…Los paramilitares maniobran para apoderarse de lo que pueden considerarse zonas estratégicas para incrementar el control territorial, por ejemplo, para generar corredores que permiten trasladar cargamentos de drogas hacia zonas costeras. Existen regiones como la del Chocó, en la costa pacífica, en donde el poder y el control fáctico de estos grupos dificulta la presencia del ejército y ocasiona numerosos conflictos (Oslender, 2007). Las personas que residen en zonas rurales que habitan en el área de influencia de la guerrilla o de los paramilitares abandonan sus tierras ante las amenazas directas de estos grupos.…”

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Desplazamiento forzado y adaptación al contexto de destino: el caso de Barranquilla

Ramos-Vidal

2017

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ResumenEn este artículo se analizan los efectos que el desplazamiento puede generar en a) la estructura de la red de apoyo social de los desplazados, b) en el empleo y c) en variables de implicación comunitaria. Se trata de un estudio comparativo en el que se entrevistó a 62 residentes en dos zonas de bajos recursos en Barranquilla, Colombia, de los que la mitad son desplazados. Entre los hallazgos se observó que el análisis de redes egocéntricas evidencia que las personas que trabajan tienen redes más diversificadas geográficamente; que los entrevistados poseen redes densas con alto grado de solapamiento, y que el tiempo de residencia es un factor clave que facilita la identificación con la comunidad y la participación en las iniciativas de desarrollo de esta. Mientras que con el análisis de conglomerados se identificaron dos grupos diferenciados por su nivel de ingreso, por el tiempo de residencia en la comunidad de destino y por el número de familiares con los que convive. AbstractIn this article we analyze the impact that displacement could generate on: a) the displaced' social support network structure; b) employment, and c) community involvement variables. A comparative study in which are interviewed 62 people living in two low-income areas in Barranquilla city (Colombia) is developed. Half of respondents are displaced. Egocentric network analysis evidenced that people who have a job presents networks geographically diversified. The population interviewed has dense networks in which there is a high overlapping degree. Regarding community involvement indicators, is observed that time of residence is a key factor facilitating the process of identification with the community, and the involvement on participatory activities. Cluster analysis is used to identify two different groups according to 1) the income level, 2) the time who have resided in the destination community and 3) the number of family members with whom they live.Palabras clave: cohesión social, Colombia, desplazamiento forzado, empleo, participación, redes personales, sentido de comunidad.

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Desplazamiento forzado y adaptación al contexto de destino: el caso de Barranquilla

Ramos-Vidal

2017

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“…7 A parallel line of inquiry in urban studies takes seriously the "where" of urban politics (Rodgers et al 2014) in order to construct new "grammars of urban justice and injustice" (MacLeod and McFarlane 2014). 8 Much has been written on Afro-Colombian activism, politics, and social movements, and my analysis relies heavily on the work of others (Asher 2009;Cárdenas 2012b;Escobar 2008;Oslender 2007;Paschel 2010;Restrepo 2004;Restrepo and Rojas 2004;Valencia 2011;Wade 2002). It has been recognized that geography matters to ethno-racial politics in Colombia (Bocarejo 2012;Oslender 2011), and studies have examined issues facing Afro-descendent migrants and desplazados in cities (Arboleda 2004; Barbary and Urrea 2004; Observatorio Contra la Discriminación y el Racismo 2012).…”

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Submergence: Precarious Politics in Colombia's Future Port‐City

Zeiderman

2016

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This article examines popular politics under precarious conditions in the rapidly expanding port‐city of Buenaventura on Colombia's Pacific coast. It begins by identifying the intersecting economic, ecological, and political forces contributing to the precarity of life in Buenaventura's intertidal zone. Focusing on conflicts over land in the waterfront settlements of Bajamar (meaning “low‐tide”), it then describes the efforts of Afro‐Colombian settlers and activists to defend their territories against threats of violence and displacement. In doing so, they must navigate historical legacies of ethno‐racial politics as well as formations of liberal governance and their multicultural and biopolitical logics of vulnerability and protection. The socio‐material conditions of the intertidal zone, and in particular the figure of submergence, are used to illuminate forms of political life in Colombia's future port‐city. The struggles of Afro‐Colombians to contest violent dispossession in Buenaventura reflect the racialized politics of precarity under late liberalism.

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“…In the Pacific coastal region of el Chocó, paramilitaries have deployed to permanently evacuate AfroColombian populations from their historical villages located in territories where national and multinational corporations subsequently develop monocrop palm-oil plantations (Hecht 2014;Oslender 2007Oslender , 2008. Intensified mining of coal and gold has also been made possible through the deployment of paramilitaries serving the interests of the state and corporate development.…”

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The Colombia-Israel Nexus: Toward Historical and Analytic Contexts

Field

2022

Lat. American Res. Rev.

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Israel's historical relationships with Argentina, Nicaragua, and Guatemala during the Cold War in the 1980s provides one context for understanding the parameters of Israeli foreign policy in the region. These relationships allied Israel with right-wing military regimes suppressing a variety of subversive others in Argentina and Guatemala, and also a right-wing counterinsurgency in Nicaragua. In the post-Cold War era, the Colombian case is distinctive because conflict is shaped by a number of different armed actors, including the state, right-wing paramilitaries, left-wing insurgents, and the narcotics industries. Israel's role in the complex Colombian milieu involves relationships with both the state and the parastate, both the military and the paramilitaries. The Israeli and Colombian states are substantively and conceptually intertwined around a common obsession with national security and armed conflict with subversive others of many types. I ask whether a special relationship sutures Israel to Colombia linked to the expanding interventions of paramilitaries and parastate apparatuses. This article provides historical and analytic contexts to elaborate the Colombia-Israel relationship, toward a future in which "peace" may play an important role.Las relaciones históricas entre Israel y Argentina, Nicaragua y Colombia durante la Guerra Fría de los años 80 ofrece un contexto para entender los parámetros de la política exterior israelí en la región latinoamericana. Estas relaciones eran basadas en la alianza entre Israel y los regímenes militares-derechistas que practicaban una supresión total contra una variedad de "otros" subversivos en Argentina y Guatemala, y también en Nicaragua donde existía una contra-insurgencia derechista. En la época post-Guerra Fría, el caso colombiano es diferente porque el conflicto allí es formado por muchos actores armados que incluyen el estado, los paramilitares derechistas, los insurgentes de la izquierda, y la industria narcotraficante. El papel israelí en la situación complicada colombiana involucra relaciones entre estado y para-estado, el Ejército Nacional y los paramilitares. El estado colombiano y el estado israelí están entretejidos alrededor de una obsesión sobre seguridad nacional y conflicto armado contra el otro subversivo de varios tipos. Yo pregunto si una relación especial une a Israel con Colombia vinculada con las intervenciones aumentadas de paramilitares y los aparatos para-estatales. Este ensayo proporciona contextos históricos e analíticos para elaborar la relación entre Colombia e Israel, hacia un futuro en el cual "la paz" puede jugar un papel importante.

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Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on Colombia's Pacific coast

Cited by 72 publications

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Desplazamiento forzado y adaptación al contexto de destino: el caso de Barranquilla

Desplazamiento forzado y adaptación al contexto de destino: el caso de Barranquilla

Submergence: Precarious Politics in Colombia's Future Port‐City

The Colombia-Israel Nexus: Toward Historical and Analytic Contexts

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