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I’m glad I wrote this paper because I really enjoyed doing the research for my case study. I didn’t really know much about the Colombian palm oil industry when I started out. I’ve been doing a lot of papers on … Continue reading →

One of the things that bothered me when doing my research was reading about people who have been displaced from their homes. It’s just such a horrible thing to do to people and I really feel for the people who … Continue reading →

In one of my articles “Palm Oil in Colombia: Biofuel or Bioterror?”, the people talked about how the people in Chocó are accused of growing coca to produce cocaine. Some say that is used as a tactic to try to … Continue reading →

I decided that it would be a good idea to write the theory part of my paper separately because then I could just think about that without any other thoughts in my head. I generally put all my citations in … Continue reading →

I’ve decided that an outline of my paper would be a good thing to do because then I can write down all my thoughts and organize them. This way when I write the paper, I can just go down through … Continue reading →

The production of palm oil is a topic of great debate and dispute in Colombia. On the one side, it is an economically viable business that is bringing in a lot of international money and is boosting Colombia’s economy. On … Continue reading →

Whenever I’ve learned about the Green Revolution in school, I’ve mostly heard about India and a little bit about China. We learn about how great the Green Revolution was and how rice technology spread throughout India and China. India had … Continue reading →

Colombian Afro-descendant communities commemorate 15 years of forced displacement I found this video when I was researching the displacement of Colombians within their own country. This video focuses on a certain area of Colombia called the Choco region. The Choco … Continue reading →