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Where’s the party? Is Colombia about to become Peru?
By Christopher Sabatini / Ivan Duque’s low approval ratings have been blamed on missteps, migrants and a mentor that never seems to go away. But there are structural reasons too, and those aren’t likely to go away after his ...
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Colombia’s seeming never-ending violence
By Jerónimo Ríos Sierra /
The ELN may just have destroyed the possibility of peace in the long-troubled country, not just with the ELN but under the peace agreement with the ...
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In Colombia, false positives are a false start for peace
By Paul J. Angelo /
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The FARC have committed to coming clean about abuses committed during the conflict in a transitional justice tribunal. Will state actors accused of crimes do the ...
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Recapturing the mandate for peace in Colombia: Rural populations and elite fragmentation
By Ryan Garfinkel /
While elite fractionalization between President Santos and former President Uribe played a tangible role in the outcome of the 2016 plebiscite and has continued to influence Colombian electoral politics, it also provides a window of opportunity for Fajardo’s centrist ...
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Colombian legislative election results showed just how popular the FARC is among Colombian voters
By Lucas Perelló /
Colombia’s congressional election and inter-party primaries point to the return of uribismo to the presidency. Meanwhile, despite international attention, the FARC’s electoral debut was a ...
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