Peace in our time
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today set a timetable for an end to Latin America’s longest-running armed conflict announcing that peace talks with FARC guerrillas will begin in October and…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today set a timetable for an end to Latin America’s longest-running armed conflict announcing that peace talks with FARC guerrillas will begin in October and…
Colombia’s “peace talks” are destined to fail, because such negotiations are a repetition of similar attempts of the last 30 years and conditions are no different now than they were…
With the announcement of peace talks, Colombians have heard many different definitions of peace from many different political figures over the last week or so; many may not be that…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos demanded the mass resignation of his cabinet Wednesday in an attempt to re-launch his flailing government, and kick-start the 2014 re-election campaign. After a catastrophic…
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro lost yet another key member of his team yesterday as the head of the Transmilenio, the city’s public transport system, joined the long list of officials…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos appears to be loved abroad but is dangerously close to becoming loathed at home. We are halfway through the four-year mandate and the president’s support…
Although Colombia seems to have a number of the right policies for improving gender equality, structural challenges and slow uptake risk making equality a distant goal. Colombia has come a…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has declared that the “Framework for Peace” bill currently making its way through congress will both satisfy the rights of victims and “make the transition…
Colombia’s fragmented approach to combating terrorist group FARC is not just failing to defeat the guerrillas, but allowing the rebels to push forward their political agenda. The political climate in…