The president’s bosses | Part 2: Colombia’s clans
The power of Colombia’s president depends on his ability to manage the sometimes opposing interests of those who really control the country, like the so-called clans. While formally a democracy,…
The power of Colombia’s president depends on his ability to manage the sometimes opposing interests of those who really control the country, like the so-called clans. While formally a democracy,…
The power of Colombia’s president depends on his ability to manage the sometimes opposing interests of those who really control the country, like business associations. While formally a democracy, all…
The death of Colombia’s defense minister on Tuesday severely disjointed the government of President Ivan Duque, which was already struggling with public security and the coronavirus. Defense Minister Carlos Holmes…
President-elect Joe Biden wants to end the United States’ so-called “War on Drugs,” which may force Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to drastically revise domestic drug policies. Duque gladly returned to…
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a game-changer for Colombia’s cocaine trade and global counternarcotics efforts. While US president Donald Trump visited the Mexican border, authorities in the Netherlands said Tuesday…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is “optimistic” about working with US-President-elect Joe Biden despite strain relations over alleged election meddling by his government. Duque has every reason to be optimistic as…
Conflict experts fear that 2021 could become a grim year for Colombia, where political campaigning will begin after a terrifying surge in massacres and assassinations. Last year saw the highest…
The aerial spraying of marijuana in Mexico made Colombia the main supplier to the United States, whose potheads were corrupting the South American country, US lawmakers were told in 1979.…
Charges against presidential hopeful Sergio Fajardo indicate how negligence in Colombia’s politics may be as damaging as corruption. Fajardo, a former mayor of Medellin and a former governor, received global…