Blood and capital : the paramilitarization of Colombia /

Hristov, Jasmin,

Blood and capital : the paramilitarization of Colombia / Jasmin Hristov. - 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations. - Ohio University research in international studies. Latin America series ; number 48 . - Research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 48. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-[244]) and index.

Neoliberalism or neopoverty? The promises and the reality of the neoliberal agenda -- The war on the internal enemy : the origin, structure, mechanisms, and activities of the state's coercive apparatus -- The paraextension of the state's coercive apparatus : looking at the paramilitary monster -- The debt to humanity -- The legalization of illegality -- One of Colombia's "internal enemies" : the indigenous movement of Cauca -- Features of the new para-narco-state.

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Political persecution--Colombia.
Paramilitary forces--Colombia.
Torture--Colombia.
Political violence--Colombia.
Human rights--Colombia.


Colombia--Politics and government--1974-


Electronic books.

HV6322.3.C7 / H75 2009

986.106/35