El poder político en Colombia

La migración forzada en Colombia no cesa. Para la mitad de 2008, más de tres millones y medio de colombianos abandonaron su hogar a causa de los rigores del conflicto. El flujo de población desplazada, continuo desde 1995, ha retomado vigor en 2008. Pese a la visibilidad del drama del desplazamiento, el país aún debate si esta población migró debido al conflicto, y si la sociedad, representada por el Estado colombiano, debe compensarla por el proceso que padecieron. Las discusiones están dominadas por la pasión que genera el tema, y en muchos casos, carecen del rigor con el cual...

The author details her early years in Paris, where she was raised amidst diplomats, literary masters, and artists, and her return to her native Colombia, where, as a senator, she went up against the powerful drug cartels.

"Six essays analyze Colombia/US relations in post-Cold War period and challenges facing Colombia as US seeks to impose an ill-conceived anti-narcotics policy. Discusses policy options (including drug legalization), alternatives to extradition, and US certification requirements"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Urban sociology monograph on the process of urbanization and characteristics of the low income urban population in Colombia - examines population growth, internal migration and rural migration, etc., includes information on the demographic aspects, family budget, land settlement patterns and housing facilities of the slum-dwellers and squatters, and comments on relevant political aspects and legislation. Bibliography pp. 97 to 102, graphs, illustrations and statistical tables.