"La línea de la palma": el papel del "para-empresariado" en la contrarreforma agraria de las auc.

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Title: "La línea de la palma": el papel del "para-empresariado" en la contrarreforma agraria de las auc. (Spanish).
Alternate Title: "The Palm Line": The Role of the "Para-Entrepreneurial Sector" in the Agrarian Counter-Reform of the AUC. (English)
Authors: Fossati, Mattia
Source: Controversia (01204165). jul-dic2025, Issue 225, p2-24. 23p.
Subjects: PALM oil industry, PARAMILITARY forces, AGRICULTURAL industries, ENVIRONMENTAL sciences, REAL property acquisition, COUNTERINSURGENCY, WAR, COUNTRIES
Geographic Terms: COLOMBIA
Abstract (English): this article aims to provide a documentary reconstruction of the alliance established between paramilitary groups and entrepreneurs interest to carry out new agro-industrial projects in conflict zones. Based on court reports issued by the Justice and Peace Tribunals and reports produced by the Truth Commission, this text will describe Vicente Castaño's geopolitical vision of the conflict and his attempt to create large oil palm plantations in four geostrategic regions of Colombia. Using massacres and counterinsurgency operations to their advantage, paramilitaries expelled peasants from these territories and seized their lands. They then implemented a repopulation policy, bringing in workers from Córdoba and Urabá. This article will examine the methods of territorial conquest and land dispossession used by the paramilitary groups to increase their agroindustrial project, as well as analyze the socio-environmental impacts of these plantations and their repercussions on the current dynamics of the armed conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): el objetivo de este artículo es reconstruir documentalmente la expansión del monocultivo de palma africana, impulsado por grupos paramilitares y empresarios de la Costa Caribe en las regiones colombianas más afectadas por el conflicto armado. A través de las sentencias emitidas por los Tribunales de Justicia y Paz, y de los informes producidos por la Comisión de la Verdad, se describirá el megaproyecto de Vicente Castaño de crear grandes plantaciones de palma en cuatro regiones geoestratégicas de Colombia. Valiéndose de las masacres y las operaciones de contraguerrilla del ejército, los paramilitares expulsaron a los campesinos de estos territorios y se apoderaron de sus tierras. Posteriormente, se implementó una política de repoblación en estas zonas, importando trabajadores de Córdoba y del Urabá antioqueño. Destacando los métodos de conquista y despojo de tierra útil para el proyecto palmero, se analizará el impacto socioambiental provocado por estas plantaciones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Database: Referencia Latina
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Abstract:this article aims to provide a documentary reconstruction of the alliance established between paramilitary groups and entrepreneurs interest to carry out new agro-industrial projects in conflict zones. Based on court reports issued by the Justice and Peace Tribunals and reports produced by the Truth Commission, this text will describe Vicente Castaño's geopolitical vision of the conflict and his attempt to create large oil palm plantations in four geostrategic regions of Colombia. Using massacres and counterinsurgency operations to their advantage, paramilitaries expelled peasants from these territories and seized their lands. They then implemented a repopulation policy, bringing in workers from Córdoba and Urabá. This article will examine the methods of territorial conquest and land dispossession used by the paramilitary groups to increase their agroindustrial project, as well as analyze the socio-environmental impacts of these plantations and their repercussions on the current dynamics of the armed conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01204165
DOI:10.54118/controver.vi224.1389