High Anxiety in the Andes: Colombia’s Perpetual Quest for Peace

Issue Date April 2001
Volume 12
Issue 2
Page Numbers 32-46
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Despite recent progress in the government’s negotiations with rebel groups, Colombia’s problems remain acute: continued violence, growing human rights abuses, severe income inequality, and a depressed economy.

About the Authors

Gary Hoskin

Gary Hoskin, who formerly taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is chair of the department of political science at the University of the Andes in Bogota.

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Gabriel Murillo

Gabriel Murillo is professor of political science at the University of the Andes in Bogotá and has published extensively on Colombian politics

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