The US and the Colombia crisis: Noticeably absent
Despite recently signing a base agreement with the U.S., Colombia stands isolated and defenseless in the latest row with Venezuela. One of the most compelling arguments in favor of the…
Despite recently signing a base agreement with the U.S., Colombia stands isolated and defenseless in the latest row with Venezuela. One of the most compelling arguments in favor of the…
“A Colombian person can be described as someone who thinks like a European, speaks like an indigenous and dances like a black person” William Ospina “Nation brand” as a marketing…
Sometimes it is easy to forget that the FARC are still out there. President Hugo Chavez’s provocations have kept Colombians wondering whether the autocrat of Caracas will go to war…
Uribe’s economic policy has exacerbated one of Colombia’s most ancient problems, rural inequality. The Agro Ingreso Seguro scandal is not an isolated fluke, but rather just one example of a…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his troops to prepare for war with Colombia, but we misinterpreted this, he says now. He did tell his troops to prepare for war, he…
Tourism can be a blessing or a curse. A blessing when it can be sustainably developed. A curse when a country’s economy is fully dependent on this paranoid industry. The…
President Luis Inacio Lula of Brazil wants Colombians and Venezuelans to start trusting each other again. That is no easy task, even for the Giant of South America. This week…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised to send 15,000 extra troops to the border with Colombia to prevent alleged incursions by Colombian paramilitary fighters. Fabrizzio Antonio Patiño Cáceres is a young…
A cross-border war between Colombia and Venezuela is highly unlikely, but brutal drug wars are already being fought in the border region. The latest row has exposed an escalating conflict…