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Barbies and Bullets
In Colombia and around the world, right-wing paramilitaries and traffickers have adopted a populist feint to win over the communities they terrorize.
Teo Ballvé is an assistant professor at Colgate University and the author of The Frontier Effect: State Formation and Violence in Colombia.
In Colombia and around the world, right-wing paramilitaries and traffickers have adopted a populist feint to win over the communities they terrorize.