Ricardo Vargas
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Sociologist, coordinator of Acción Andina |
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TNI Associate Fellow and Director of Acción Andina Colombia in Bogota, Ricardo Vargas Meza is a Colombian sociologist working with the TNI Drugs and Democracy Programme. Previously, he was a researcher at the Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Popular (CINEP) in Bogota, where he coordinated the Drugs and Violence project. He is a specialist on illicit coca cultivation in Colombia, currently studying the eradication pacts with coca farmers. He frequently writes for publications in Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and is the author of several books, reports and articles on illicit cultivation of drug crops, alternative development and their relation with the internal conflict in Colombia. He is the editor of Revista Acción Andina. Vargas earned his Ph.D. in Social Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional in Colombia. |
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Recent work |
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Areas of interest |
Illicit Cultivation; Drugs Trafficking; Fumigation and Biological Warfare on Drugs; Colombian Peace Process |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS |
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Books
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Narcotráfico, guerra y política antidrogas: Una perspectiva sobre las drogas en el conflicto armado colombiano TNI/Acción Andina, July 2005 Drogas, conflicto armado y desarrollo alternativo: Una perspectiva desde el Sur de Colombia Fumigación y conflicto: Políticas antidrogas y deslegitimación del Estado en Colombia Drogas, mascaras y juegos. Narcotráfico y conflicto armado en Colombia. |
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Contributions to books |
State, Esprit Mafioso and Armed Conflict Cultivos ilícitos, conflicto y proceso de paz en Colombia Cultivos ilícitos, conflicto y proceso de paz Colombia: usos y abusos de la 'guerra a las drogas' Colombia: The hartcileeans Colombia: La herejia de los maniqueos |
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Reports |
Open Letter to the US Ambassador in Colombia, August 3, 2001 (Also in: In the Heat of the Debate. Fumigation and Conflict in Colombia Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper No. 2, September 2001) Drug Crops and Peace Process in Colombia. A Proposal for Peace The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Ilicit Drug Trade |
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Briefings |
The Sierra de la Macarena: Drugs and armed conflict in Colombia Los retos políticos frente al fracaso de la prohibición. Las drogas en Colombia y en la región andino-amazónica The New Global Era: Threats and Impacts for Colombia Fumigaciones y acciones antidrogas en la fuente: los fracasos encubiertos de una política Estrategia antidrogas, fumigaciones |
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Speeches |
Drogas, conflicto armado y desarrollo alternativo: Una mirada desde el sur de Colombia Anti-drug Policies in Colombia. 25 Years of Failure" Políticas antidroga, estado y democracia en Colombia La Reducción del daño desde la perspectiva de la producción [MS Word] TNI/Acción Andina Colombia, International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Geneva 21-25 March 1999 |
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Also by TNI
- State of Corporate Power 2012 January 2012
- Critical Perspectives and Alternative Solutions to the Eurozone Crisis December 2011
- Conference of Polluters December 2011
- The implications of international investment treaties November 2011
- Which way for the European economy? November 2011
Upcoming events
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EU in Crisis
May 2012
Brussels, Belgium







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