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 term.
Where’s the party? Is Colombia about to become Peru?
By Christopher Sabatini /
Security & Rule of Law
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 FARC.
The Andes
Barbados and Colombia representatives join Global Americans High-Level Working Group on Inter-American Relations and Bipartisanship
Dame Billie Miller and Amb. María Ángela Holguín Cuellar join the second round of the Global Americans High-Level Working Group on Inter-American Relations and Bipartisanship as co-chairs. The second round follows a successful first year of producing bipartisan and cross-regional recommendations for the U.S. and the hemispheric community to improve inter-American relations. New York, NY. […]
Brazil and the Southern Cone
2019: Trends, risks and hard questions in Latin America
By Evan Ellis /
Unresolved challenges of organized crime, weak governance and extra-hemispheric actors threaten instability and to erode U.S. influence. It’s time for U.S. policymakers to face some tough questions.
Brazil and the Southern Cone
South America: 2030 Trends
The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations in South America by 2030.
Human Rights & Social Inclusion
Birds of Passage: A new film sheds light on how narcotics have affected indigenous communities in Latin America
By Teresa Kramarz /
There is a common thread across the experiences of indigenous people in Latin America with extractive industries. As Birds of Passage highlights through the story of a Wayuu family, the drug trade is also an extractive industry, with all its abuses and pitfalls.
Democracy & Elections
Duque won the election, but Petro is also a winner
By Jerónimo Ríos Sierra /
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Gustavo Petro has reasons to be optimistic after his defeat. The left has a new presence in Colombian politics and could emerge stronger for the next elections.
Democracy & Elections
Colombia’s ghosts of future past
By Pedro Pizano /
On the day of the Colombian elections, Pedro Pizano reflects on how too often elections are hailed as a watershed moment. But this presidential election really is. Really.
Brazil and the Southern Cone
2018 Inter-American Court of Human Rights Candidate Bios
By William Naylor /
The OAS has elected three new members to serve six-year terms on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
The Andes
In Colombia, false positives are a false start for peace
By Paul J. Angelo /
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 same?
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