Colombia needs a Lula-like president
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Álvaro Uribe Vélez with 80 percent and 68 percent approval ratings respectively are the two most popular presidents in the American continent, if not…
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Álvaro Uribe Vélez with 80 percent and 68 percent approval ratings respectively are the two most popular presidents in the American continent, if not…
“This is dead.” Those were the words of a Barranquilla polling officer on Sunday when she was asked about the affluence of voters. 29 million Colombians were allowed to vote…
The Colombian economy has become a key political issue for the 2010 elections, which begs the question: how has the economy fared under President Uribe? Recent economic news has been…
Piedad Córdoba, the opposition Senator from the Liberal party, recently was considered the most likely to be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Such a fortune would be highly controversial.…
I’ve been retired from urban policing for four years, yet still feel actively engaged in the issues that confront police officers. I follow local and national police issues and I…
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe was forced to close down the country’s national intelligence agency DAS after it was revealed it had been spying on government critics. Fabrizzio Antonio Patiño Cáceres…
There was so much fuzz for such a long time about Sunday’s concert in Havana that when it finally happened, all my expectations had slowly died out. But no matter…
In the United States, these past few days have seen a series of high-profile outbursts, from tennis superstar Serena Williams threatening a line judge to Congressman Joe Wilson yelling at…
Last week Colombians were shocked by the proof-of-live videos of some of the 24 policemen and soldiers still being held hostage by the FARC. Some have been in captivity for…