Election analysis: Vargas Lleras gains influence, Uribismo takes hit

Beyond the short-term leadership changes at local and regional level, Sunday’s elections bring important consequences for the broad balance of...

Uribe: Supreme Court investigation?

[caption id="attachment_8036" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The village of El Aro after the 1997 massacre.[/caption] Ex-president to be...

Just desserts

[caption id="attachment_4716" align="alignright" width="225"] December 2014, Former President Alvaro Uribe leads a march against FARC impunity....

Hurtado and Uribe to be investigated

On January 31, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, the former head of Colombia’s ex-intelligence agency DAS, returned to Colombia from exile in Panama to face...

I’m A Friend Of The Enemies Of Peace

Adriaan Alsema rejects the polarisation of Colombians into “allies” and “enemies” of peace [gallery type="square"...

Santos’ Strongman In The Chief Prosecutor’s Office

[caption id="attachment_205" align="alignleft" width="275"] Chief Prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre.[/caption] Columnist Adriaan Alsema points out that...

Let’s Talk Peace

[caption id="attachment_1006" align="alignleft" width="300"] Members of Rodeemos el diálogo demonstrate in London[/caption] Academic Andrei...