Following the “Dear President Trump, it’s an honor to be with you in the White House,” there’s a number of imminent issues Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos is likely to…
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Colombia’s southern city of Mocoa, as you may be aware, was struck by a terrible disaster a month ago. The city’s residents need our help. Not only have hundreds of…
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If you had told me three years ago that someday people wounded in combat would stop arriving in the Military Hospital, I would have said: yes of course! My military hospital…
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What is so thrilling about social enterprises that is driving growing awareness among the top business and entrepreneurship communities worldwide? Why are they particularly pertinent for Colombia today? Let´s begin…
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More and more, it is clear that 2017 will be a turning point in Colombia’s history, for good or bad. The implementation of the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed…
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Over the past few days, I have been faced with the difficult task of explaining to friends and family outside Colombia the seemingly inexplicable: how could Colombians vote “no” to…
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Global headlines this week told us that “Colombia voted ‘No’” in a recent referendum on their peace accords with the FARC. But who exactly voted “No”? Which Colombia are they referring…
While April 1 at best seems an awkward date to have been chosen by members of Colombia’s conservative opposition for a march on the scourge of corruption, but, this is as…
For sustainable peace to be achieved in Colombia, the country’s peace process needs much more involvement from internally displaced women from minorities, who are currently ignored. It is important to…
Colombia will vote in an October 2 plebiscite held to gauge popular sentiment concerning the peace accords recently finalized between the Colombian Government and the guerrilla group FARC. The country’s main labor…