Gustavo Petro’s absent government: Is anyone in charge of Bogota?
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…
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…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is facing increasing disapproval of his security policies. This was to be expected, because who can approve of a war strategy that has not yielded…
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…
Colombia’s homicide rate will drop below zero in 2014, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said after presenting extremely promising mid-term crime statistics. The president discarded increasing pessimism among Colombians regarding…
Although Colombia seems to have a number of the right policies for improving gender equality, structural challenges and slow uptake risk making equality a distant goal. Colombia has come a…
The central Colombian town of Rionegro has offered the army and the FARC to use its run-down stadium to continue the country’s 50-year old war. Both the armed forces and…
The rift between Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and his predecessor Alvaro Uribe is a welcome step in Colombia’s development as a democracy. Colombia has been a constitutional republic for…
After decades of intentionally dis-informing the Colombian public, television network RCN finally received an international scolding by Reporters without Borders (RWB) for “manipulating information” and its “lack of objectivity and…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has declared that the “Framework for Peace” bill currently making its way through congress will both satisfy the rights of victims and “make the transition…