SPAN 3015W Paisajes Financieros

coyuntura

circumstance

delincuentes

criminals

despojo

dispossession

encarcelación

incarceration

empresarios

entrepreneurs

fuerzas estatales

state forces

gendarmería

military police force

grupos paramilitares

paramilitary groups (not official)

inversión extranjera

foreign investment

polémica

controversy

estrechamente

closely

desmedido

excessive

moldear

to mold, to cast, to shape

el cimiento

foundation

pleno (de)

full of

arraigado

deeply rooted, established, settled

la soberanía

sovereighnty

retomar

to resume

entrelazar(se)

to intertwine

autodenominarse

to call oneself

instaurar

to install

llevar a cabo

to carry out

desapariciones forzadas

enforced disappearances

a pesar de

in spite of

girar en torno

to revolve (around)

impulsar

to propel

el/la amado/a

lover

imperar

to prevail

el férreo

iron

sofocar

to suffocate

conllevar

to entail, to lead to

abnegado

self sacrificing

acuidad

sharpness

aguzado

sharp

aletear

to flutter

andarse con melindes

to be picky

auscultar

to examine

descuidar

to overlook

engranajes

machinery

fatalidad

fate

excesos

indulgences

fusilar

to shoot (with a gun)

ganarles de mano

to beat (them)

guiño

wink

imprudencia

recklessness

inconfesable

unspeakable

inquietos

uneasy

inmiscuirse

to interfere

perturbador

disturbing

reencauzar

to redirect

sibilinas

enigmatic

sometido

subjected

repartición

government office

suspendido

suspended, pending