Colombia’s stance on Palestine
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas just ended a visit to Colombia to seek support for the statehood bid. President Santos reassured Abbas that Colombia wants the creation of the Palestinian state…
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas just ended a visit to Colombia to seek support for the statehood bid. President Santos reassured Abbas that Colombia wants the creation of the Palestinian state…
The United States is not the only powerful country retreating from Latin America. Indeed, although Mexico and Brazil have shown great economic power and a relative international leadership, their domestic…
This is the second of a series analyzing Colombia’s neighbors as President Juan Manuel Santos begins his second year in office. Ever since the independence wars in Latin America, Venezuela…
This is the first of a series analyzing Colombia’s neighbors in the beginning of Santos’ second year. It has been many years since Peru has been one of Colombia’s mayor…
Sunday marked Santos’ first anniversary as Colombia’s president. He now has approval ratings of more than 71% and a coalition in Congress of about 80% of the lawmakers. So far…
Colombia and Mexico recently negotiated an extradition treaty. Should it be ratified, both troubled countries will finally have a good mechanism for security cooperation, as the drug trafficking and crime…
The U.S. debate on a free trade agreement (FAT) with Colombia has become such a mindless, partisan battle that Democrats, Republicans, lobbying labor unions and trade organizations have completely forgotten…
The Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy has sparked an intense debate because the commission stated bluntly that the war on drugs has failed. The conservatives’ response came…
Leftist leader Ollanta Humala won the elections in Peru by a very close margin. One may ask oneself, did the Peruvians voted somewhat similarly as they have in past elections,…