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Agencia Presidencial para la Acción Social y la Cooperación
Presidential
Agency for Social Action and
International Cooperation the Internacional agency
that administers social programs, including
the Social Solidarity Network’s
program for displaced persons
autodefensas
Paramilitaries
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)
United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia
CODHES
Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, Consultancy for Human Rights and the Displaced
ELN
Ejército
de Liberación Nacional, National Liberation Army
FARC
Fuerzas
Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia:
Colombia’s largest insurgency.
“Gota a gota”
“Drop
by drop” displacement; that is, the displacement of one or two families at a
time rather than that of entire communities.
Mass displacement (desplazamiento masivo)
In Colombia, the displacement of ten families or more
paracos
Paramilitaries
personería, personero
Municipal
officials charged with receiving complaints from citizens of abuses of rights.
Red de Solidaridad Social
Social
Solidarity Network, the government agency that coordinates humanitarian relief
for displaced persons. The Social Solidarity Network is a branch of the
Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation (Agencia
Presidencial para la Acción Social y la Cooperación Internacional).
SISBEN
Social Program Beneficiary Identification System (Sistema de Identificación de Beneficiarios de los Programas Sociales), a classification system for health care benefits
Sistema Único de Registro
Uniform Registration System
vacuna
An
illegal levy that guerrilla or paramilitary groups often require individuals to
pay for their protection or in support of the war effort.
