Cali abandoned by the State
The 24(!) murders in Cali last weekend should set alarm bells ringing not only for local authorities but also for regional and national leaders. The authorities’ abandonment of Colombia’s third…
The 24(!) murders in Cali last weekend should set alarm bells ringing not only for local authorities but also for regional and national leaders. The authorities’ abandonment of Colombia’s third…
Once the FARC has released the ten political hostages currently in captivity, the Colombian government and the guerrillas must take steps towards a peace agreement resulting in the disarmament, demobilization…
Colombia’s inspector general appointed 266 errand boys, coffee ladies and cleaners to occupy Congress after the arrest of the country’s last remaining congressman for ties to paramilitary groups. Inspector General…
Colombia’s former Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza reportedly has to respond for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Almost ten years after I denounced him and subsequently was forced…
Viviane Morales stepped down as Colombia’s Prosecutor General last week. Or rather, she was forced to resign after the Council of State, Colombia’s highest court on administrative law, determined that…
Colombian pollsters are planning to export their methodology to the U.S., claiming “no president, not even Barack Obama, deserves an approval rating lower than 70%.” “While in the U.S., an…
The upcoming Summit of the Americas, held in Colombia’s Caribbean hotspot Cartagena in April, must discuss the legalization of drugs as an alternative of the failing war on drugs. The…
Colombia’s justice system is a multi-headed behemoth in bad need of reform. The country’s government knows this, but has proposed a judicial reform that is not going to fix the…
The Colombian army is recovering from the most severe scandal in its history; the killing of approximately 3,000 civilians. While we should demand justice for these crimes, we can not…