Colombia’s next president may deepen divisions in his country and align Bogota with the belligerent postures of U.S. President Trump.
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-OpEd- BOGOTÁ — The Democratic Center, a right-wing political party led by Colombia’s former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, was vehemently opposed to the peace deal with the country’s largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The accord to end nearly a half-century of conflict, which was ultimately rejected in the surprise […]
Their economic philosophies may differ, but Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa and Colombia’s arch-conservative former president Alvaro Uribe, share a taste for the perpetuation of power.
-OpEd- I too can play the game of “I won’t think about that, so it can’t exist,” like a character tells himself in Delirium, the novel by Colombian writer Laura Restrepo. Indeed, such mental games are a national character trait. The country’s principal cinema chain Cine Colombia refused last December to show a short trailer […]
Exclusive: Rebels and drug traffickers teamed up to take out Colombia’s former president. Two undercover agents gained key information, before being discovered and killed by FARC.
-Analysis- LIMA – The negotiations that are set to begin formally in October are by no means the first attempt to demobilize members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and incorporate the guerilla organization into the political process. There’s no guarantee, therefore, that these talks will succeed where others have failed. And yet […]