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Mai Hunt
...]rather than focus exclusively on Quintana's representations of maternal care, I propose additionally reading Damaris as an adult figure continuing to grapple with childhood turmoil. Presenting rural areas as now allegedly freed from danger, travel campaigns marketing Colombia as rich in touristic paradises propagate a misleading image of peace, which the aforementioned filmmakers, among others, are working to expose. Reading the Jungle as Archive The 2006 report, VI Informe sobre violencia sociopolítica contra mujeres, jóvenes y niñas en Colombia 2002-2006, begins with a striking claim against the then current president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe Velez.1 The 2006 VI Informe is one in a series of reports produced during Uribe's presidency evaluating the efficacy of Colombian law in upholding human rights for all in light of Uribe's ongoing negotiations with paramilitary groups.2 Though Uribe did successfully negotiate a unilateral cease-fire during his first term in office with the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), a far-right paramilitary coalition, his success came with a price: he promised political pardon for all paramilitary involvement in drug trafficking in exchange for demobilization and later used sudden extradition as a tool for impeding their participation in judicial processes. Yet, the report opens by underscoring that Uribe's policy of increased military presence in civilian life paired with the cultivation of a culture of informants and rural soldiers-his doctrine of Democratic Security and Defense- had negative impacts on society's marginalized populations: [...] esta política no ha representado mayor seguridad en las vidas de mujeres, jóvenes y niñas.
