The U.S. Secret Service agents had sex with prostitutes in Cartagena because they wanted to have sex with prostitutes. Can we stop beating around the bush, blaming the predatory and oh so irresistibly beautiful women, the sun, the sand, the cocktails, everything but the agents themselves, and get one thing straight? Those men wanted to buy sex, so they did.

Colombia spent $35 million to organize the 6th Summit of the Americas, which unfortunately turned out to be a very expensive campaign to promote the country's already-flourishing sex tourism industry.

An article in Spanish daily newspaper El Pais about the ongoing problems with gangs in Medellin causes great indignation at El Colombiano, the local rag that has dedicated thousands of dead trees to intentionally misinforming its city’s people.

Once the FARC has released the ten political hostages currently in captivity, the Colombian government and the guerrillas must take steps towards a peace agreement resulting in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of the continent's oldest insurgency.

The Colombian army is recovering from the most severe scandal in its history; the killing of approximately 3,000 civilians. While we should demand justice for these crimes, we can not stigmatize the 235,000 soldiers who are courageously risking their lives to keep us safe.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is unfairly taking the heat over the country's apparently failing security policy.