Posted by Kevin Howlett | Sep 11, 2012 | Guests
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos is fighting a public relations war with FARC guerrillas who in days will fly to Norway to start negotiations to end five decades of conflict. Peace depends on the will of the FARC to...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Howlett | Sep 5, 2012 | Guests
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today set a timetable for an end to Latin America’s longest-running armed conflict announcing that peace talks with FARC guerrillas will begin in October and conclude within ‘months’. At...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Howlett | Aug 23, 2012 | Guests
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos demanded the mass resignation of his cabinet Wednesday in an attempt to re-launch his flailing government, and kick-start the 2014 re-election campaign. After a catastrophic few months for...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Howlett | Aug 14, 2012 | Guests
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro lost yet another key member of his team yesterday as the head of the Transmilenio, the city’s public transport system, joined the long list of officials to desert the mayor just seven months into...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Howlett | Aug 7, 2012 | Guests
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos appears to be loved abroad but is dangerously close to becoming loathed at home. We are halfway through the four-year mandate and the president’s support is plummeting at an alarming rate....
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