Country of bullets
Subtitle: chronicles of war
By: Juanita León ; translated by Guillermo Bleichmar.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826347671
Subjects: Civil war -- Colombia -- History -- 21st century -- Anecdotes; Colombia -- History -- 21st century -- Anecdotes; Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974- -- Anecdotes; Colombia -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Work titles: País de plomo.
Notes: "Originally published in Spanish by Aguilar as País de plomo: Crónicas de guerra."
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Mary Roldán; title: Prologue / by Alma Guillermoprieto; title: Roberto Mira can't sleep : the mass displacement from Peque; title: Oswaldo's sad life : the taking of Barranca; title: A long agony : the subtle effects of war; title: The boys of Urabá and their banana rap : the battle for Urabá; title: Caquetania : the land of the FARC; title: The brave people of Cauca : civil resistance in Colombia's war; title: The steady hand of Captain Niño : experiments in democratic security; title: Betrayal in Segovia : living with the paramilitaries; title: The needle in the haystack : how the Army broke the siege of the FARC; title: The tell-tale finger of Napoleón Santanilla : a mass arrest in Cartagena del Chairá; title: "We are all paramilitaries" : Córdoba, birthplace of the paramilitary project; title: Like dogs : the tragedy of the kidnapped.