2011: Colombia’s international challenges
After a very positive turn in foreign policy with the change in administration, Colombia enters 2011 with a fresh outlook and many potential activities that will further its interests in…
After a very positive turn in foreign policy with the change in administration, Colombia enters 2011 with a fresh outlook and many potential activities that will further its interests in…
2010 was the year with the most contrast in Colombia’s foreign affairs in recent history. The Uribe administration, some said, was on the brink of war with two neighbor countries…
Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Ecuador have finally been normalized, with both sides selecting ambassadors who will soon take up their posts and re-establish the missions after a long freeze.…
The unexpected death of Nestor Kirchner, UNASUR’s first secretary general, has resulted in the nomination of some of the region’s diplomats for the job. Colombia and Venezuela have presented their…
The beginning of Santos’ administration has had a great international participation and an ambitious agenda in foreign affairs. Reestablishing diplomatic relations with Ecuador, normalizing (and improving) the existing ones with…
Colombia’s international agenda has lately been intensely focused on security: helping other Latin American countries in the fight against drug trafficking and criminal activity, striking blow after blow against illegal…
Nicaragua has decided to star a new Latin American soap opera: “Borders in the water.” This is the third (or is it the tenth? I’ve lost count) sequel to the…
Colombia has been extraditing criminals ever since the Turbay administration in the late 70s, when the war on drugs was just beginning. Marijuana got hold of Colombia in the beginning of the…
Colombia’s presidential transition was far greater than anything anyone could have thought: Uribe’s Dauphin, as he was so many times called by foreign media, turned out to stray away from…