Two Colombia’s in 2008: Which One Will Be Remembered?
olombians could be forgiven for waking up in the year 2009 with a slightly larger hangover than the guayabo usually associated with drinking too much aguardiente during the festive season. The country...
View ArticleU.S. Policy Towards Venezuela and Colombia Will Change Little Under Obama
Recent comments by President-elect Barack Obama, Secretary of State appointee Hilary Clinton and leading congressional Democrats suggest that the incoming U.S. administration will not significantly...
View ArticleAnatomy of an Investigation: The Colombian State’s War Against Civil Society
Aidee Moreno Ibagué recently learned that the Colombian government is investigating her for the crime of rebellion. But Moreno Ibagué (pictured) has not taken up arms against the state. She does not...
View Article20 Questions: An Interview with Garry Leech
As a connoisseur of Colombia, Garry Leech has released a new book about his journalistic adventures titled Beyond Bogotá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia. 1. Describe your first encounter...
View ArticleInterview with a Colombian Political Prisoner
On August 8, 2008, Colombia’s National Police arrested Liliany Obando and charged her with the crime of rebellion and providing funding to a terrorist group. Ten months later, Obando had yet to have...
View ArticleAfrica in Colombia: The First Free Black Community in the Americas Continues...
Four hundred years ago, Afro-Colombians living along Colombia’s Caribbean coast would cry when a child was born because the youth was destined to suffer a life of slavery under Spanish colonial rule....
View ArticleThe U.S. and Colombian Role in the Honduran Crisis
Many analysts and sectors of the mainstream media have suggested that the apparent ineffectiveness of the U.S. government to resolve the crisis in Honduras is evidence that the influence wielded by the...
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