US leaving Latin America up for grabs
With reconciliation accomplished in Honduras by Colombia and Venezuela with no U.S. intervention and trade flowing away from the U.S., it seems as if Latin America is now wide open…
With reconciliation accomplished in Honduras by Colombia and Venezuela with no U.S. intervention and trade flowing away from the U.S., it seems as if Latin America is now wide open…
The dossier “The FARC Files” that was launched May 10, 2011 by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) reported strong ties between FARC and both the Venezuelan and the…
For the past months, everything seems to be going swell for the Colombian government regarding international relations. In particular, Latin American countries seem to be willing, as they were decades…
With Santos’ visit to Washington, a “road map” for improving Colombia’s human rights situation has been set, which ultimately aims at the approval of the FTA, at long last. But,…
Following the Chilean example, Colombia is diversifying its trade relations and negotiating free trade agreements worldwide. Yet, despite the new business opportunities, Colombians desperately cling to the approval of the…
Ever since the end of the Cold War, the US forgot a great deal about Latin America, focusing on the dismemberment of the USSR. The region was only remembered when…
Over the past weeks, there has been a lot of discussion and criticism about Angelino Garzon’s role in Colombian affairs because of his commitment to the working class and labor…
Over the last weeks, there has been news about border security projects between Colombia and three of its neighbors: Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador. As I wrote in a previous column,…
President Santos recently paid a visit to French president Nicolas Sarkozy with an ambitious agenda to discuss, from bilateral relations to Colombia’s entry into the Organization for Economic Co-operation and…