The COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia’s Borderlands and the Western Hemisphere: Adding Instability to the Existing “Double Crisis”
Abstract / Resumen / Resumo
In Colombia’s borderlands, the COVID-19 pandemic adds a third dimension to a double crisis of continued insecurity rooted in Colombia’s ongoing armed conflict and the humanitarian emergency triggered by Venezuelan mass migration. Exacerbated through the border effect, the Colombian government’s border closure and armed groups seeking to capitalize on growing uncertainty pose a severe risk to the country’s peace agreement, regional stability, and hemispheric security.
En las zonas fronterizas de Colombia, la pandemia COVID-19 añade una tercera dimensión a una doble crisis de inseguridad continua que se origina en el conflicto armado colombiano y la emergencia humanitaria causada por la migración masiva venezolana. Agravado por el efecto frontera, el cierre de frontera del gobierno colombiano y grupos armados buscando sacar provecho de la incertidumbre creciente ponen en riesgo el acuerdo de paz de Colombia, la estabilidad regional, y la seguridad hemisférica.
Recommended Citation
Idler, Annette and Hochmüller, Markus
(2019)
"The COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia’s Borderlands and the Western Hemisphere: Adding Instability to the Existing “Double Crisis”,"
Journal of Latin American Geography
19(3): 280-288.
DOI: 10.1353/lag.2020.0050
Available at:
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/760910
