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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​News about the struggle for better democracy in Colombia.​ ​​​According to Freedom House, democracy is "marred by vote buying, murky campaign-finance practices, and intimidation in some areas". A peace deal ending the FARC organizations decades long civil war hopefully prefaces a reduction in political violence. Also check out our section on World Democracy and the Americas.

Colombia’s former rebel leaders in new battle for votes

March 7, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Colombia's former rebel leaders

Colombian rebels returning to campaign in the first elections held under a peace accord that ended a 50-year insurgency

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Colombia, South America

Celebrating 50 Years of ‘100 Years of Solitude’

May 31, 2017 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

100 Years of Solitude

Few novels have received such warm praise from politicians, writers, critics and artists

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Colombia, Colonialism, Cuba, Political Artwork, South America

Message From The Legendary Elder Siblings

December 25, 2016 by John Perkins Leave a Comment

Legendary Elder Siblings

I’ve written many times about the necessity to move from a Death Economy, based on warfare and ravaging the very resources upon which it depends, to a Life Economy, based on cleaning up pollution

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Colombia, Colonialism, Indigenous and Democracy, Native Americans and Democracy, Socialism and Labor, South America

Opinion Polls Still Matter If You Know How to Read Them

November 30, 2016 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Opinion Polls Still Matter

Failures in predicting results through opinion polls have brought new questions to answer for experts

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Colombia, England, Polling, Voting Technology

Are Election Referendums Being Used Too Much Globally?

October 5, 2016 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Election Referendums

In times of upheaval, democracies tend to hold more election referendums and today a trend is clear

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Colombia, Direct Democracy and Referendums, England

The FARC Rapper Campaigning For Colombian Peace

September 24, 2016 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

FARC Rapper Campaigning

One time guerilla fighter John Esteban Perez has made a name for himself as a pro-peace FARC rapper

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Colombia, Political Artwork, South America

The Revolutionary Colombian Women Seeking Peace

March 24, 2016 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Revolutionary Colombian Women

Organization enabled a generation of revolutionary Colombian women to find place in civil society

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Colombia, Democracy Protests, Feminism, South America, Women Voting Rights

Making A Better World In The New Year

January 26, 2016 by John Perkins Leave a Comment

Making A Better World

The idea that our economy can continue destroying the very resources upon which it depends has been exposed as a lie. People everywhere are waking up to the need for change. The Consciousness Revolution is in full swing.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia

Latin American Leftists Will Stumble on in New Era

December 21, 2015 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Latin American Leftists

Major setbacks in elections this year do not mark end for Latin American leftists but a new start

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Colombia, Socialism and Labor, South America

Timeless Wisdom from the Indigenous Amazon People

November 4, 2015 by John Perkins Leave a Comment

Indigenous Amazon People

Our international group learned from the Indigenous people there about creating a human presence on this planet that will foster environmentally sustainable, socially just, and emotionally and spiritually fulfilling lifestyles, communities, and nations

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Colombia, Indigenous and Democracy, Religion and Democracy, South America

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