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Protests Continue to Destabilize Colombia

Bottom Line Up FrontProtests in Colombia, South America’s oldest democracy, have been relatively under reported upon in the international media.The [...] More

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There Will Never Be a Perfect Peace in Colombia

After the surprising results of the Colombian peace referendum on Sunday night, both the government of Colombia and the FARC must try again to reach [...] More

Back to Square One

Colombia’s pollsters, who are usually pretty accurate predictors of vote results, didn’t foresee this. Public opinion surveys showed a clear majority [...] More

The Stalking Horse

The unexpected vote in Colombia to reject the peace deal with the FARC has left the country in shock and its leaders scrambling to determine a path [...] More
Is Peace Possible in Colombia?

Is Peace Possible in Colombia?

On Sunday, Colombians were called upon by their government to answer a simple question, “Do you support the final agreement to end the conflict and [...] More
Challenges Remain After Colombia, FARC Rebels Reach Ceasefire

Challenges Remain After Colombia, FARC Rebels Reach Ceasefire

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas this week signed an historic ceasefire, bringing the two [...] More

A First Hand View of Campesinos and the War on Drugs

My name is Pedro José Arenas Garcia. I am a former Colombian congressman and the director of the Observatory on Growers and Crops Declared Illicit in [...] More

The Fall and Rise of Cocaine

In 1992, Peru produced an estimated 60 percent of the world’s cocaine. At one time, cocaine production was the largest industry in the country, at 17 [...] More
Cocaine and Conflict in Colombia

Cocaine and Conflict in Colombia

For a very long time, the word that most often followed a mention of Colombia was cocaine. Colombia was the world’s largest producer of the illicit [...] More
Will There Be Peace in Colombia?

Will There Be Peace in Colombia?

The government of president Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) have been negotiating in Havana, Cuba for the [...] More

Post-Conflict Colombia: It's Complicated

In light of the announcement by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos of a signed peace deal between the government of Colombia and the FARC, The [...] More
The Difficult Road Ahead for Colombia

The Difficult Road Ahead for Colombia

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will not be pressured into signing a final peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...] More

It's Complicated

Since 1982, Colombia’s government and the FARC guerrilla group have sat down to negotiate four times. This attempt appears to be the one that will [...] More