Colombia is currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, a country that achieved industrialization by dismissing FTA-like measures. In turn, the Asian country, like Colombia, is waiting…
It’s hard not to notice all of the buzz about emerging markets these days. Latin America and Colombia are no exception. Investors’ interest in Colombia continues to grow, and the…
I love Colombia, but I just can’t get past men who use every single tree as a urinal. I have kids and a spouse who are traumatized by the number…
Over the last weeks, there has been news about border security projects between Colombia and three of its neighbors: Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador. As I wrote in a previous column,…
The FARC’s failure to deliver two of the hostages they planned to release Sunday demonstrates the guerrillas’ severe logistical problems, seriously discredits mediator Piedad Cordoba, and may bring meaningful peace talks closer.…
For the past five years, experts and observers have been warning about the growing power of drug-trafficking gangs that emerged from the remains of demobilized Colombian paramilitary groups. The gangs…
Since the FARC announced their plans to unilaterally release five hostages in order to honor former Senator Piedad Cordoba some have criticized the massive publicity for the rebel group that…
The 2011 World Economic Forum, an annual summit of global political and business leaders held in Davos, Switzerland, officially ended last week. The Colombian delegation included Juan Manuel Santos, who…
Since early December, hundreds of private contractors of a multinational banana corporation have illegally invaded and occupied Afro-Colombian peace communities in the Curvaradó river basin with the intent to clear…