James Sanders

James Sanders, the author of Contentious Republicans: Popular Politics, Race and Class in 19th-Century Colombia, teaches history at Utah State University.

Letter
I was saddened and surprised to see that Malcolm Deas has become a supporter of the Uribe regime in Colombia. Deas claims that I criticise Uribe for not respecting the rights of guerrillas such as the FARC. However, I simply noted that Uribe had branded the guerrillas terrorists; I rebuked Uribe’s administration for their treatment not of the guerrillas, but of civilians. I argued that Uribe’s...

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