The return to Medellin of Hector Aristizabal
Hector Aristizabal left Medellin in 1989 to save his life. After starting over in the U.S., he made a few visits back to see family, keeping a low profile and…
Hector Aristizabal left Medellin in 1989 to save his life. After starting over in the U.S., he made a few visits back to see family, keeping a low profile and…
At the end of Alvaro Uribe’s last presidential term, Colombia’s judiciary was investigating allegations that the president ordered the wiretapping of members of the judiciary and the opposition, as well…
“Alfonso Cano,” supreme FARC commander, reappeared last week in a video broadcast by Al-Jazeera. The video is significant for a number of reasons. First, it comes in the wake of…
Many Uribistas were surprised when the international media and, to a lesser extent, the Colombian public reacted skeptically to Colombia’s recent decision to “expose” the FARC’s presence in Venezuela. According…
There once was a man named Juan Manuel Santos. He dreamed that one day he would become president of Colombia. Nothing seemed to stand on his way. Then, one day…
My column about no honeymoon between Colombia and Venezuela seems to have become true faster than I expected. Granted, I was talking about the relationship under the Santos presidency, but…
It’s about time that Colombia made public its intelligence about FARC presence on Venezuelan soil. It is not evidence that indicates active support from Chavez’s government for the guerrillas, but…
There is strong evidence that Uribe is trying to undermine Santos’s surprisingly conciliatory diplomatic initiatives. In the long run, however, Uribe will fail. Juan Manuel Santos and Alvaro Uribe will…
Colombia has seen an outpouring of hatred following former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt’s attempt to claim damages from the Colombian government for the six years she spent in guerrilla captivity.…