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Evil Hour in Colombia

by Forrest Hylton

Published: 2006

Publisher: Verso Books

Regions: Colombia
political violenceguerrilla warfareparamilitarism

A sweeping historical essay covering Colombian political violence from the 19th century through the early 2000s. Hylton places the Bogotazo and La Violencia within a longer arc of popular struggle and elite domination, connecting Gaitán’s movement to later guerrilla formations and the paramilitary phenomenon. Written from a left political perspective, accessible synthesis for English-language readers.