US President Donald Trump has proposed a $140 million cut in 2018 foreign aid to Colombia compared with this year’s funding—a 36% reduction—according to newly released budget documents. The enormous…
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US President Donald Trump failed to endorse, or even mention Colombia’s peace process in his speech following his first meeting with his counterpart Juan Manuel Santos in what seemed a major…
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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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Peace Colombia—the huge US aid package to help implement Colombia’s peace treaty with the FARC—will be fully funded this year, according to the details of the major budget compromise reached…
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday asked American businesses with interests in Colombia to lobby against a cut in economic aid as proposed by US President Donald Trump. Speaking before the…
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Colombia’s conservative opposition has written a letter in which it asks US Congress to freeze aid to the South American country in what appears to be its latest attempt to undermine…
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With not one mention of Colombia in the budget proposal of President Donald Trump, the US government continues to leave its South American ally in the dark about whether it…
The United States’ ambassador was the only Security Council member missing in action during the recent United Nations inspection of Colombia’s peace process. Fortunately, her deputy saved the day. The…
US President Donald Trump has proposed US Congress to cut economic aid to Colombia by 21.1% from $133 million to $105 million, according to Foreign Policy magazine. While this would be…
The United States’ soon-to-be-released official 2016 report on coca cultivation in Colombia reveals that cultivation of the illicit crop in Colombia has gone up 38% since the start of the $10 billion counter-narcotics strategy…