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Articles

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2009)

Colombia 2008: success, dangers and mistakes of the policy of democratic security in the Uribe administration

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2009000200005
Submitted
January 14, 2020
Published
2009-08-31

Abstract

Comparable to what happened in 2007, the year 2008 was marked by large contrasts. On the one hand, Uribe’s administration executed unrivaled military successes consolidating his policy of Democratic Security by debilitating the organization structure of the FARC and improving all violence indicators
–with remarkable success in the kidnapping drama–-. However, in the downside, numerous scandals resulting from questionable behavior of state agents resulted in a very negative evaluation of the democratic compromise of the government. Political uncertainty reigns due to the possibility of a third reelection.

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