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    Land grabbing, land dispossession, land rush: what can we learn from Colombia?
    (Taylor & Francis, 2025) Lorenza Arango; Julio Arias Vanegas; Saturnino M. Borras; Sergio Coronado; Isabel Díaz; D. Fajardo; Diana Ojeda; Rocío del Pilar Peña Huertas; Itayosara Rojas Herrera; Angela Serrano
    What can we learn about global land grabbing from one of its hotspots: Colombia? Conversely, what can Colombia learn from global dynamics? We examine key debates by analyzing the Colombian case, showing how global and national processes affirm, complicate, and challenge views on land deals, labor, and capital. Colombia’s particular configuration of corporate power, narco-capital, and displacement expands current understandings of actors and mechanisms in land grabs. In turn, global perspectives shed light on Colombia by situating it within broader dynamics of financialization, speculative investment, and labor fragmentation.
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    Reestructuración de la producción de aceite de palma en el Magdalena Medio mediante el control laboral a largo plazo
    (2024) Angela Serrano
    En este artículo evidencio cómo la violencia antisindical en el Magdalena Medio colombiano, en las décadas de 1980 y 1990, sigue influyendo en la estructura actual de la producción de aceite de palma en la región. Examino cómo esta violencia alteró las relaciones laborales y transformó la cadena de valor de la palma de aceite a largo plazo. Los efectos combinados de múltiples estrategias de control laboral han debilitado el poder de las personas trabajadoras y sus posibilidades de influir en las decisiones sobre cómo operar la producción de aceite de palma. En este caso, la coerción laboral de las décadas de 1980 y 1990 disminuyó el poder de asociación de las personas trabajadoras y, a largo plazo, permitió la flexibilización laboral en la industria. De esta manera, limitó el poder estructural de los sindicatos hasta hoy. Este análisis construye un diálogo entre las literaturas sobre cadenas globales de valor y estudios agrarios críticos, para identificar cómo la violencia antisindical ha facilitado la flexibilización laboral en la industria de la palma y, así, ha configurado la producción agroalimentaria.
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    Transnational corporate counterinsurgency in the Colombian conflict and its legacies today
    (Taylor & Francis, 2024) Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen; Daniel Marín-López; Angela Serrano
    This study challenges common-sense thinking on internal violent conflicts in two ways: that they are merely domestic, with limited influence from external actors; and that doing business in conflict-ridden places is detrimental to profits. Drawing on empirical research and theoretical lenses from critical security studies and the political ecology of counterinsurgency, the paper explores the transnational dimensions of Colombia’s violent conflict in relation to the extractive sector. Conceptualising two overall generations of counterinsurgency, the article shows how, during the conflict, several transnational corporations, especially those in the extractive and agro-industrial sector, not only established themselves in Colombia and expanded, they also developed their corporate security schemes. Given that energy projects were strategic targets in the guerrilla war, the protection of corporate infrastructure by the state was justified. The paper argues that the internal conflict not only facilitated corporate extractivism, it also provided innovative ways of ensuring corporate security. This ‘social warfare’ approach includes strategic efforts to win hearts and minds, which continue to be pursued today through practices known as ‘corporate social responsibility’ (CSR). The paper relates this to the current challenges to hold economic actors accountable in transitional justice.