Oliver Dodd: US, Israel Supporting Colombia’s State Terrorism

Speaking in an interview with Fars News Agency, Dodd said, “Supported by US National Security Doctrine, training, as well as Israeli expertise and experience acquired from its own state terrorist activities against Palestinians and others, the Colombian state has often outsourced its violence to private military actors… Colombian mercenaries are exported globally and found engaged… Read More Oliver Dodd: US, Israel Supporting Colombia’s State Terrorism

October 13, 2021March 1, 2023 Oliver DoddLeave a comment

Amid intensifying state repression, Colombia’s ELN imposes an ‘armed strike’

OLIVER DODD reports on the National Liberation Army’s general strike backed up with guns FOR 72 hours in February, transport and industry across Colombia was severely impaired as militants lent the weight of their weapons to anti-neoliberal protesters. Causing massive damage to capitalist accumulation, uniquely, the ELN’s aim was to persuade Colombia’s government and dominant… Read More Amid intensifying state repression, Colombia’s ELN imposes an ‘armed strike’

April 5, 2020December 10, 2021 Oliver DoddLeave a comment

Why Latin America’s oldest insurgent communist army is growing

Embedded researcher OLIVER DODD, who lived among the armed guerilla forces of the ELN, explains their origins, theory and practice Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) is Latin America’s oldest insurgent movement. When founded in 1964, the ELN was, strategically and tactically speaking, inspired by the Cuban Revolution, which proved that a determined and well-organised political-military… Read More Why Latin America’s oldest insurgent communist army is growing

April 9, 2019December 10, 2021 Oliver DoddLeave a comment

Why has Colombia’s government ended peace talks with Marxist rebels ELN?

SINCE 2017, Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) have been publicly engaged in peace talks to end 54 years of armed conflict. But following the inauguration of right-wing president Ivan Duque in August 2018, a man who vowed to end peace talks during his presidential campaign, Colombia’s new government has since canceled… Read More Why has Colombia’s government ended peace talks with Marxist rebels ELN?

March 11, 2019December 10, 2021 Oliver DoddLeave a comment

President Iván Duque and Colombia’s ELN

Since 2017, Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Marxist revolutionary group, have been engaged in discussions to end 54 years of war. So far, the government has been playing down the strength of the insurgent group while hoping to negotiate its surrender in return for its protection as a legal political entity.… Read More President Iván Duque and Colombia’s ELN

July 19, 2018 Oliver DoddLeave a comment