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.
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Colombia’s illegitimate Congress
As the congressional elections draw near, it is already clear that they will be riddled with fraud and corruption. The next generation of Colombian leaders will likely include more than a handful of crooks and criminals.
Colombia: A great place to do business
The local media’s coverage of a recent World Bank report on doing business in Colombia was misleading. On the whole, doing business in most Colombian cities is remarkably easy and the country is a global leader in implementing business-friendly reforms.
Uribe’s miserable start to a crucial election year
Just months before the presidential election, President Uribe is facing political pressure from the judiciary, from the universities, from abroad and, for the first time in recent memory, from the Colombian people.
Colombia in denial about errors of paramilitary demobilization
This week’s Human Rights Watch report on Colombia's neo-paramilitary violence revealed the weaknesses of the government's AUC demobilization program. Unfortunately, those in power remain in denial about their mistakes.
Uribe, Silva and Colombia's urban crime: No way out
Urban crime rates in Colombia are soaring, but the government’s reaction so far is short on real solutions. Defense Minister Silva’s apparent denial of the crime wave and President Uribe’s proposed student informant program suggest a serious lack of vision on the part of the country’s leadership.
Progress on the false positives cases: a case of false hope?
Extrajudicial assassinations by government forces, or "false positives," once again call into question the integrity of the Colombian military and its human rights record. So why has the pursuit of justice been so lengthy and difficult?
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- Colombia's security policy needs revamp
- Uribe on the wrong side of the Honduras crisis (again)
- The US and the Colombia crisis: Noticeably absent
- Rural inequality: historical curse or state policy?
- The Colombia-Venezuela border: a political row disguises an escalating drug war
- They’re back: The alarming return of Colombian paramilitarism
- Education in Colombia: underfunded, underperforming and undermining the country’s progress
- Neglected at home, Colombia’s courageous victims go global
- Dear government, please stop giving free money to the rich
- The aftermath of the Left's primaries
- Presidential report card: the economy
- Corruption: Colombia’s biggest problem is only getting worse
- Winning the heart of the U.S. Congress with skyscrapers and arepas?
- The U.S. base agreement: Colombia alone in the crossfire
- The emergence of the trillizos
- Remembering Jaime Garzón means keeping his dream alive
- 'Democratic Security' is dead, long live democratic security
- Colombia's reckless reaction to the Honduras crisis
- Colombia’s Dirty War: ‘Chuzadas’ and the future of the DAS
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