Quinoa: The Caviar of the Andes?
A story from The Guardian discusses how increasing global demand for quinoa (a grain-like superfood) has brought riches as well as problems for producers in Bolivia and Peru. On the upside, the...
View ArticleNarco-Geographies, Part II: Political Ecology of the Drug Economy
Tim Hall has recently called on geographers to more actively study organized crime and geographies of the illicit more broadly. Paul Robbins, meanwhile, has said “the political ecology of the drug...
View ArticleColombia’s Peace Talks: Independent Republics or Peasant Territories?
After five months, the Colombian government peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana are still on the first—and most complicated—item of their five-point...
View ArticleInterview: Mass Protests Rock Colombia
As mass protests in Colombia entered into their tenth day yesterday, I was interviewed by KPFA about the mobilizations that continue spreading throughout the country. Negotiations between the...
View ArticleGrassroots Masquerades: Development, Paramilitaries, and Land Laundering in...
My article “Grassroots Masquerades: Development, Paramilitaries, and Land Laundering” was just published by Geoforum. The article will be out in hardcopy in Volume 50 (December 2013), but it’s already...
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