Posted by Pablo Rojas Mejia | Dec 2, 2010 | Guests
The global financial crisis hit Colombia’s economy hard. Although the numbers have improved in recent months, the country’s unemployment rate remains above ten percent and is the highest among Latin America’s large economies....
Read MorePosted by Pablo Rojas Mejia | Nov 16, 2010 | Guests
President Santos’s efforts to root out corruption seem genuine, but given the scale of the problem, they are also risky. As I have written in previous columns, I have been pleasantly surprised by Juan Manuel Santos’s willingness...
Read MorePosted by Pablo Rojas Mejia | Nov 11, 2010 | Guests
The UNHCR’s claim that Colombia’s displaced population is the world’s largest drew some much-needed attention to an age-old problem. Unfortunately, the government’s response treats the issue more as a publicity crisis than as...
Read MorePosted by Pablo Rojas Mejia | Nov 4, 2010 | Guests
Despite his immense popularity in Colombia, Alvaro Uribe is facing an array of legal and political problems in his first months out of office. Unfortunately for him, more trouble is sure to come. A number of weeks ago, I wrote a...
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