Colombia should welcome the International Criminal Court
By ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 5 August 2002, the Colombian government joined the hundreds of countries around the world that support the efforts by…
By ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 5 August 2002, the Colombian government joined the hundreds of countries around the world that support the efforts by…
Even though Colombia possesses natural resources such as oil, coal, precious metals and minerals, it is land that has led to many of the problems associated with the natural…
Finally U.S. politicians have understood that the War on Drugs and by extension Plan Colombia has failed. As it was to be expected the Colombian government swiftly refuted this view.…
Last Monday was a holiday in Colombia. It was dia de la raza (day of ethnicity), what the North American neighbors call Columbus day, although its origins are different. Nevertheless,…
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Álvaro Uribe Vélez with 80 percent and 68 percent approval ratings respectively are the two most popular presidents in the American continent, if not…
Piedad Córdoba, the opposition Senator from the Liberal party, recently was considered the most likely to be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Such a fortune would be highly controversial.…
Last week Colombians were shocked by the proof-of-live videos of some of the 24 policemen and soldiers still being held hostage by the FARC. Some have been in captivity for…
The American continent, if not the whole world, holds extreme opinions about Chavez: love or loath. Colombia is not different, as the hundreds of Colombians shouting “Chavez, asshole, respect the…
According to the Colombian government’s rhetoric, paramilitary death squads no longer exist; only “emergent criminal bands” are active. This claim is convenient for the government but at the expense of…