There has been so much talk about elections in Colombia for such a long time, that the fact the country has finally had one seems, well, rather strange.

Colombia's urban security situation is undergoing a huge transition. The new reality of Colombia's largest cities demands a change of policing by the authorities to make sure improved security leads to an improved sense of security.

In blocking Alvaro Uribe’s second re-election referendum, the Constitutional Court showed the strength of Colombia’s democratic institutions, but democracy in the country is weaker than it seems.