The ability of the United States (U.S.) to influence policies in Colombia is indisputable. The U.S. is Colombia’s largest trading partner, and this alone provides the U.S. with great power with regards to Colombian policymaking. U.S. power is not only manifest within the economic realm,...

This article analyzes the evolution of paramilitary forces in Colombia, and how under successive efforts from the Colombian government to tackle problems related to the lack of state presence in the country (particularly the country-side) there have been successive bullwhip effects around those...