Revista de Derecho ISSN: 0121-8697
[email protected] Universidad del Norte Colombia Di Ricco, Massimo Filling the gap: the Colombo arabes emergence as political actors in Barranquilla and the Caribbean region Revista de Derecho, núm. 41, enero-junio, 2014, pp. 211-241 Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=85131029008 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative artículo de investigación Filling the gap: the Colombo arabes emergence as political actors in Barranquilla and the Caribbean region Llenando el vacio: la irrupción de los Colombo-Arabes como actores políticos en Barranquilla y la región del Caribe Massimo Di Ricco* Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona (URV) * This research was possible due to a four months stay between August and December 2013 as Visiting Professor and Researcher at the Programa de Ciencia Política y Gobierno of the División de Ciencias Jurídicas of the Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. ** Ph.D. In Mediterranean Cultural Studies for the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona (Spain). Post-Doctoral Researcher - Marie Curie Actions. Project: SPRINGARAB— Social Move- ments and Mobilisation Typologies in the Arab Spring. Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona (URV), Spain.
[email protected] REVISTA DE DERECHO N.º 41, Barranquilla, 2014 ISSN: 0121-8697 (impreso) ISSN: 2145-9355 (on line) 211 Abstract This article aims to present through an exploratory research a first prelimi- nary political history of the participation of the Colombian Arabs in local, regional and national politics, with a special focus on the city of Barranquilla and the Colombian Caribbean region.