Preparing for war with Venezuela
Throughout the last decade it has become clear that Venezuela under Hugo Chávez is Colombia’s greatest national security threat. The FARC, the remaining paramilitary groups, and drug lords are all…
Throughout the last decade it has become clear that Venezuela under Hugo Chávez is Colombia’s greatest national security threat. The FARC, the remaining paramilitary groups, and drug lords are all…
A recent propaganda campaign in the Washington, D.C. is blinding and misleading the American leadership at a crucial crossroads for U.S.-Colombia relations. About a week ago, after a pleasant…
The American continent, if not the whole world, holds extreme opinions about Chavez: love or loath. Colombia is not different, as the hundreds of Colombians shouting “Chavez, asshole, respect the…
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe is always on top of what Colombia’s real problems are. Fabrizzio Antonio Patiño Cáceres is a young graphic artist from Cucuta who publishes in Cucuta newspaper…
When I met German Vargas Lleras I could not help feeling a quick shiver in my back. It was a warm May afternoon in Bogotá, and Mr. Vargas and I…
According to the Colombian government’s rhetoric, paramilitary death squads no longer exist; only “emergent criminal bands” are active. This claim is convenient for the government but at the expense of…
As Colombians keep discussing what occurred last week in UNASUR, another major political event is about to take place. The referendum that could open the door for President Uribe’s third…
International opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plan to organize worldwide marches against the leftist leader on September 4. Fabrizzio Antonio Patiño Cáceres is a young graphic artist from Cucuta…
The U.S. base agreement has placed Colombia in the diplomatic crossfire between two hemispheric powers with dramatically different visions of the region’s political future. The country’s leadership should tread carefully…