| Newsbriefs | 1 |
| Letters | 4 |
| Maack, Thomas | |
| Taking Note | 5 |
| JMB | |
| THE WARS WITHIN COUNTERINSURGENCY IN CHIAPAS AND COLOMBIA | 6 |
| The Escalation of the War in Chiapas | 7 |
| Navarro, Luis Hernández | |
| Who are the Paramilitaries? | 8 |
| Aubry, Andrés & Inda, Angélica | |
| The Lessons of Acteal | 11 |
| Stahler-Sholk, Richard | |
| Peace Talks, But No Peace | 15 |
| Kampwirth, Karen | |
| The Aftermath of Acteal | 20 |
| Schwartz, Janet | |
| The FARC, the War and the Crisis of the State | 22 |
| Meza, Ricardo Vargas | |
| The Paramilitarization of the War in Colombia | 28 |
| Chernick, Marc W. | |
| A Meeting with Paramilitary Leader Carlos Castaño | 30 |
| Kirk, Robin | |
| One in Every 40 Colombians, a Refugee | 32 |
| Kirk, Robin | |
| U.S. Entanglements in Colombia Continue | 34 |
| Youngers, Coletta | |
| The Possibilities for Peace | 36 |
| Alape, Arturo | |
| Party Politics, Reformism and Political Violence in Colombia | 38 |
| Chernick, Marc W. | |
| Oil in a Time of War | 42 |
| Dudley, Steven & Murillo, Mario | |
| Reviews | 56 |
| Hammond, Jack |
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