Colombia's Displaced
Estella Hefti writes about political violence in Colombia with a special focus on the underreported issue of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
| Oct 13 2010 | Continued War on Drugs |
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| Oct 09 2010 | Media coverage of Colombia |
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| Oct 05 2010 | Colombian President Santos Addresses IDPs |
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The Christian Science Monitor published an article yesterday on Colombian President Juan M | |
| Oct 04 2010 | Obama: the conflict in Colombia is not over yet |
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With the recent killing of FARC leader Mono Jojoy | |
| Sep 22 2010 | Internally Displaced Persons of Colombia |
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According to the U.S. Office on Colombia and the Internal Displacement Monitor Center , | |
| Sep 19 2010 | Colombia-U.S. FTA in the midst of armed conflict? |
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United States relations with the different countries of Latin America are on the whole underreported. Colombia is especially significant considering the amount of military and financial aid received from the US. According to Just the Facts , since 2000, the US has spent over $5.5 billion on grant military and police aid to Colombia to date. | |
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Considering the humanitarian crisis in Colombia as well as the amount of US aid to Colombia, mainstream media sparsely covers the ongoing conflict in the country and rarely offers a big picture context of what is going on.












