Colombia’s illegitimate Congress
As the congressional elections draw near, it is already clear that they will be riddled with fraud and corruption. The next generation of Colombian leaders will likely include more than…
As the congressional elections draw near, it is already clear that they will be riddled with fraud and corruption. The next generation of Colombian leaders will likely include more than…
Guaranteeing fairness and good practice in Colombia’s upcoming congressional and presidential elections is a matter of political urgency, which requires vigilance by citizens and the media, and the use of…
You could almost hear President Uribe fighting back tears during his speech when he spoke of what lies ahead for Colombia, after the Constitutional Court ruled 7-2 against a referendum…
Last Friday, Colombia was paralyzed. Everyone was listening to the radio, or watching the news on TV, waiting for the Constitutional Court’s decision on the referendum. Here at Princeton, I…
On Friday, the members of Colombia’s Constitutional Court will vote on the legality of a proposed re-election referendum that would allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term…
Alvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez have had yet another heated spat in Cancun. Even if the host president, Felipe Calderon, organises the creation of a “group of friends” to help…
Sadly, Colombia is infamous for its drug exporting industry. Colombian stories of blood, death and displacement related to illegal narcotrafficking have no parallel in the Western Hemisphere. Recently, I read…
Recently my outlook on Colombian politics has tended to be more pessimistic than most people’s. This is probably because I am in the (growing) minority of Colombians who oppose Alvaro…
February 9 was the Day of the Journalist in Colombia. But after recent bad news, such as the closure of news-weekly Cambio, and reports of journalists being terrorized and intimidated…