Resumen

BOTERO, FELIPE  y  MENDEZ, MARÍA LUCÍA. Shall We Rejoice or Weep?: The Predicament of the Armed Conflict and the Resilience of the Economy in Colombia, 2007. Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago) [online]. 2008, vol.28, n.1, pp.121-145. ISSN 0718-090X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2008000100007.

Colombia continues to be a country of marked contrasts. During 2007 the performance of the economy was strong, and yet it was a dire time in regards to the armed conflict. It is remarkable that the government and the FARC were unable to agree on terms for a humanitarian exchange. The advances in the process of demobilization of right-wing paramilitaries are also notorious because they have brought to light countless crimes as well as the involvement of several politicians with the paramilitaries.

Palabras clave : Kidnapping; FARC; Venezuela; Chávez; paramilitaries; economic growth; employment.

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