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Colombia (1964 – first combat deaths)
Last Updated: December 13, 2018 Who (are the main combatants): Historically the Colombian government and military, supported by the United States, have opposed left-wing guerrillas, especially the Revolutionary Armed Forces of …
Nobel Peace lecture: From the impossible to the possible
Six years ago, it was hard for Colombians to imagine an end to a war that had lasted half a century. Today, after six years of serious and often intense, …
Private Security Companies in the Caribbean
Case studies of St. Lucia,Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica Authors Matthew Bishop, Kenneth Epps, Sheridon Hill, Annita Montoute, John Siebert This project, a collaboration between Project Ploughshares and the Institute …
Colombia orders armoured vehicles from Canada
On January 9, 2013 the Director of Strategic Communications for Foreign Minister John Baird confirmed that Canada added Colombia to its Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL) to support the …
Colombia eligible to buy automatic firearms from Canada
Following the January 2nd government announcement in the Canada Gazette, media reports revealed that Colombia was added to Canada’s Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL) (see here for example). This …
Canada, Colombia and the AFFCCL
Joint submission by Amnesty International Canada and Project Ploughshares October 26, 2012 Consultation regarding the possible addition of Colombia to the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL) Click here to …
Colombia’s Best Hope: Ordinary people take peace into their own hands
Authors Adrienne Wiebe and Bonnie Klassen The Ploughshares Monitor Summer 2011 Volume 32 Issue 2 Colombia has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the Americas identified by …
Peru (1980 – 2001)
Archived conflict (updated: February 2002) The conflict in Peru has been removed from the Armed Conflicts Report because for the second successive year there were few reports of violence. Former …