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1996

Format:	Book
Author:	Giraldo, Javier.
Title:	Colombia : the genocidal democracy / Javier Giraldo, S.J. ; introduction by Noam Chomsky.
Publisher, Date:	Monroe, Me : Common Courage Press, 1996. ©1996
Description:	125 pages : map ; 20 cm
Summary:	"Father Giraldo, director of a leading Colombian human rights organization, carefully explains Colombia's human rights crisis, citing statistics on political violence and relating eyewitness accounts of extrajudicial assassinations and massacres. Directly implicates the Colombian State in these actions, calling the political regime a 'democratatorship,' a government based on the rule of impunity rather than the rule of law"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. Web Link
Subjects:	State-sponsored terrorism -- Colombia. Victims of state-sponsored terrorism -- Colombia. Assassination -- Colombia. Human rights -- Colombia. Colombia -- Armed Forces -- Political activity. Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974-
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Introduction: The Culture of Fear / Noam Chomsky -- Victims of Political Violence 1988-1995 -- Political Killings: A Regional Comparison -- Behind the Stereotype: Human Rights in Colombia -- Paramilitarism: A Criminal Policy of the State Which Devours the Country -- A Call to Action: What You Can Do.
LCCN:	96014341
ISBN:	1567510868 9781567510867 1567510876 9781567510874
Other Number:	34651413
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Control Number:	60124
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Call Number:	323.49 Giraldo

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