Dodgy clans with ties to organized crime tightened their grip on Colombia’s congress on Monday. Senator Arturo Char of the controversial Char Clan from Barranquilla was elected president of the…
The Medellin Police Department and Colombia’s 4th Army Brigade played a key role in the Medellin Cartel and the formation of what is now known as the Oficina de Envigado.…
Colombia’s government has made several moves during the coronavirus crisis that could severely threaten the country’s peace process and prospects of peace in general. It would only be natural if…
Colombia’s healthcare system has been on the brink of collapse for more than a decade. Efforts to allow the system to respond to the coronavirus pandemic were corrupted immediately. Like…
The coronavirus pandemic has made Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez so powerful that Colombia’s President Ivan Duque almost can’t govern without her. The dynasty politician and the anti-corruption advocate have been…
Illegal wiretapping and spying has long been common in Colombia, but the reported intelligence gathering on President Ivan Duque’s former chief of staff has pushed paranoia to a whole new…
Three politicians and a banker are preventing that President Ivan Duque maintains control over power in Colombia at their own risk. Duque owes the banker and the politicians everything; from…
While officially a free market democracy, Colombia’s state system and economy are rigged by “clans” that are largely above the law. These clans’ ability to almost usurp the country’s democracy…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is facing a tough year after political critics took control of the country’s largest cities and his support in Congress remains weak. The sudden shift in…