Colômbia by Marcelo Santos

“…O artigo apresenta um breve panorama das relações entre o governo de Álvaro Uribe e os governos de Rafael Correa e de Hugo Chávez diante dos impactos do conflito colombiano sobre as fronteiras Colômbia-Equador-Venezuela.…”
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La retórica del miedo como estrategia política. El plebiscito por la paz en Colombia by Luz Margarita Cardona Zuleta, César Augusto Londoño Álvarez

“…El presente artículo analiza los discursos de los líderes políticos más representativos de la campaña del plebiscito por la paz en Colombia, el líder del Sí, presidente Juan Manuel Santos, y el representante más visible de la campaña por el No, el líder del partido político Centro Democrático, expresidente y senador Álvaro Uribe Vélez, quien encabezó durante más de cinco años una oposición frontal al gobierno y a las negociaciones de paz. …”
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Reconfiguración del estado colombiano: el difícil balance entre consenso y coerción by Daniel James Hawkins

“… Este artículo analiza la transformación del estado nacional colombiano bajo el gobierno de Álvaro Uribe, centrándose en el Plan Colombia y los proyectos estatales que se desprenden de él con el fin de dar cuenta de la militarización estatal y la represión social asociada a ambos. …”
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Derechización "a la colombiana" en tiempos confusos: un ensayo especulativo. by Carlo Nasi.

“…Colombia is an exception in the current Latin American political context due to its turn to the right when most of the region’s regimes have turned to the left. Since Alvaro Uribe’s presidential election in 2002, the country has become increasingly polarized, and in this course Uribe embodies an emerging right with considerable popular support. …”
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Historia del paramilitarismo en Colombia History of the paramilitarismo in Colombia by Edgar de Jesús Velásquez Rivera

“…Paramilitarism has been choosing, as a fight method, selective massacres, murders and displacements of civil population suspicious of supporting and collaborating with guerrilla groups. President Álvaro Uribe Vélez is accused by his political opponents of sustaining and institutionalizing paramilitary groups.…”
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El tema laboral en las negociaciones de los TLC: Lecciones de las experiencias de Colombia frente a los TLC con los Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea by Daniel Hawkins

“…Los dos tratados de libre comercio firmados por Colombia con los Estados Unidos (2012) y Perú y la Unión Europea (2013) no solo marcaron el eje central de la política de apertura e integración económica de los gobiernos de Álvaro Uribe y Juan Manuel Santos, sino también pusieron a prueba la capacidad del Gobierno estadounidense y las instituciones de la Unión Europea para asegurar que sus políticas comerciales hacia países del Sur, como Colombia, pudieran mejorar las precarias condiciones laborales de gran parte de la población trabajadora y la capacidad estatal para proteger y garantizar los derechos laborales fundamentales y demás derechos sociales. …”
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Guerra contra las drogas, populismo punitivo y criminalización de la dosis personal War Against Drugs, Punitive Populism and Criminalization of Personal Dose; Colombia by Hernando León Londoño Berrío, Adrián Restrepo Parra

“…<br>Within the context of the so-called ''international war against drugs,'' the efforts of Alvaro Uribe Velez's government managed to abolish the libertarian state policy that allowed a ''personal dose.'' …”
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Dignidad en movimiento. El ascenso de la movilización social en Colombia (2010-2014) by Edwin Cruz

“…The change in the political context, in relation to the government of Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), created various opportunities and expectations for the protest, which articulated a process of rebuilding mobilizing structures and construction of collective action frames able to articulate various actors.…”
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Infamy after infamy at the National University by Renán Vega Cantor

“…In a typical action of State terrorism and with the intention of reviving the dark Plan Condor, impelled by the dictatorships of the Southern Cone in the decades of 1970-1980 - which in Argentina has just been classified as “an illicit association for the disappearance of People “and fifteen of its members, including the former president-dictator Benito Bignone of Argentina, were sentenced to between twelve and twenty-five years, the regimes of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Felipe Calderón proceeded to carry out that kidnapping.…”
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The Role of Discursive Behavior in the Colombian Conflict by Milan Školník

“…His predecessor, the current senator Álvaro Uribe, opposed the peace agreement, believing that an offensive against the guerrillas was the right approach. …”
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¿Como se negocia un TLC en Colombia? / How does Colombian negotiate its free trade agreements? by Cecilia López Montaño

“…However, the analysis that the article offers of the negotiation of the free trade agreement with the United States shows that the way in which President Alvaro Uribe led this process caused the country to cede too much on strategic issues affecting the interests of Colombian society.…”
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Intervención por invitación Claves de la política exterior colombiana y de sus debilidades principales / Intervention by Invitation Keys to Colombian Foreign Policy and its Main Sh... by Arlene B. Tickner

“…This article develops the thesis that the internationalization of the Colombian armed conflict has been carried out using a strategy denominated “intervention by invitation”, by which the governments of Andrés Pastrana and Álvaro Uribe intensified Colombia’s association with the United States and requested greater involvement by that country in domestic affairs related to counternarcotics and counterinsurgency. …”
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Consejos comunales and hostages: Reflections on the notion of cultural inimacy and the construction of national stereotypes in Colombia by Silvia Monroy-Álvarez

“…This text aims to reflect on community councils, established during Álvaro Uribe Vélez (Colombia current president)’s first period in office (2002-2006⁄2006-2010). …”
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Os aspectos ficcionais do noticiário televisivo e a construção da hegemonia: o triunfo midiático do presidente Uribe by Simone Maria Rocha

“…Entre 2002 e 2010 a Colômbia foi governada por Álvaro Uribe e envolvida na construção de uma hegemonia na qual os meios de comunicação, sobretudo, a televisão, desempenharam um papel crucial. …”
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Estado de opinión: ¿información, comunicación y lenguaje públicos? by Guillermo Hoyos Vásquez

“…El mes de febrero del año 2010 fue crucial para la política y los medios en Colombia: el cierre de la revista Cambio y las aseveraciones del ex presidente de la República, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, a favor de la formación de un Estado de opinión, crearon revuelo en la sociedad colombiana. …”
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La política socioeconómica en el Plan “Hacia un Estado Comunitario” by Rodolfo Valderrama Diaz

“…La política económica que se viene aplicando por parte de la administración de Alvaro Uribe presenta las mismas características de los antecesores, razón por la cual los avances en lo social y lo económico previstos en el plan “Hacia un Estado Comunitario”, van a cumplirse en mínima parte. …”
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La muerte como técnica de gobierno en los tiempos de la Seguridad Democrática by Giacomo Criscione

“…El artículo desarrolla una analítica de las prácticas de la muerte en Colombia durante la vigencia de la Política de Seguridad Democrática en el gobierno de Álvaro Uribe Vélez, mostrando las continuidades entre tanatopolítica y gubernamentalidad. …”
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Colombia after uribe by Posada-Carbó, E

“…Often thought of as a "nascent" democracy, Colombia actually has longstanding democratic institutions, the effectiveness of which was highlighted by the Constitutional Court's 26 February 2010 decision to reject a proposed referendum meant to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third consecutive term. Without institutions such as the Constitutional Court, the populist push for a referendum that would have threatened the separation of powers and evinced scant respect for law would have prevailed. …”

Corporate Donations to Electoral Campaigns: A Case Study of White-Collar Crime by Nubia Evertsson

“…The case examines the electoral donations from palm oil growers' firms to the 2002 and 2006 presidential campaigns of Álvaro Uribe. It illustrates how legal donations delivered by corporations were reciprocated by incumbents through favourable legislation and policy outcomes. …”
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The Demobilization Process of Paramilitaries in Colombia: Between Politics and Justice by Jacobo Grajales

“…This contribution analyzes the recent negotiations held with paramilitary groups by the administration of Alvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010). After a brief account of the dependency path that has determined this historical episode, I propose an assessment of the use of judicial categories by the various actors of the negotiations. …”
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