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Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: In most countries the process isn't always clear or direct. Who does it, how to do it and how long it can take varies from country to country—a reflection of the vagueness of ILO 169 and the uneven development of government regulations across the hemisphere. To compare, here are the steps you would need to take in Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru.
Political Geography: Colombia, Chile, Peru, Guatemala

Author: Diana María Ocampo, Sebastian Agudelo
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: In Colombia's 2010–2014 National Development Plan, President Juan Manuel Santos listed the mining sector as one of the five engines of the country's economic growth, alongside infrastructure, housing, agriculture, and innovation. At the same time, the government recognized the need for regulatory, legal and policy instruments to make Colombia a regional powerhouse for mining and infrastructure.
Political Geography: Colombia

Author: Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: The right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), or consulta previa, has expanded throughout South America. Nine states have ratified the International Labour Organization's Convention 169 (ILO169)—the principal treaty regarding consulta previa.* But regulations created by four of those states—Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Ecuador—contradict the commitments they accepted when they ratified the treaty, in effect violating the right of Indigenous people to be consulted on administrative and legislative measures that could directly affect them.
Political Geography: Colombia, South America, Chile, Peru, Ecuador

Author: Diana Rodríguez-Franco
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: On a hot Sunday morning in July 2013, the inhabitants of Piedras, a small municipality in the Colombian Andes, gathered to decide whether large-scale mining activities should be permitted in their territory.
Political Geography: Colombia

Author: Francisco Miranda Hamburger
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: On May 25, 32 million Colombians will vote in one of the most important presidential elections in the nation's recent history—an election that will turn on the issue that remains Colombia's greatest challenge: putting an end to the armed conflict.
Political Geography: Colombia

Author: Carolina Ramirez
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: The promise of upward mobility for Latin America's new middle classes has led to swelling university enrollment rates, but also to growing debt. In Colombia, high school graduates enrolling in higher education rose from 24.87 percent in 2002 to 45.02 percent in 2012. Meanwhile, in 2011, 23 percent of 25- to 34-year-old Mexicans had attained a university education, compared to only 12 percent of 55- to 64-year-olds.
Political Geography: Colombia, Latin America

Author: Álvaro José Mejía Arias
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: Since its formation in February 1971, the Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca—CRIC) has made the education of young Indigenous Colombians one of its most important goals.
Political Geography: Colombia

Author: Cynthia J. Arnson, Jaana Remes, Patricia Ellen, Raúl Rodríguez-Barocio
Publication Date: 03-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: Colombia's 2014 presidential elections marked a watershed in the country's politics. This was not because incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos won by nearly six percentage points, after having narrowly lost the first round to Óscar Iván Zuluaga, a hardliner backed by Santos's political nemesis, former president Álvaro Uribe.
Political Geography: Colombia

Author: Alberto Bernal
Publication Date: 05-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: On July 20, 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos promised the 9 million voters who had just elected him to his first term that he would build on the foundation created “by a giant, our President Álvaro Uribe.” He declared that Colombia could now look to the future with hope, thanks to the multiple successes that Uribe had achieved during his eight years in power.
Political Geography: Colombia

Author: Juanita León
Publication Date: 05-2015
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Americas Quarterly
Institution: Council of the Americas
Abstract: After three years of negotiations with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia (Revloutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has decided to go all-in on securing peace for his country. His political and personal commitment became clear earlier this year when he staked his entire campaign for his second term in office on being the candidate of peace. His inauguration, and inaugural speech, drew heavily on the rhetoric and symbols of peace, with multiple images of white doves, including dove lapel pins for the guests.
Political Geography: Colombia