Santos’ Second Term: What to Expect?
Santos enters his second term hoping to finalize negotiations with the FARC and ELN to end the country’s 50 year-long conflict.
Santos enters his second term hoping to finalize negotiations with the FARC and ELN to end the country’s 50 year-long conflict.
Colombians savored a few moments of civility when they reelected President Juan Manuel Santos to a second four-year term.
Óscar Iván Zuluaga bested president Juan Manuel Santos in his bid for reelection. The two now enter a runoff election.
Latin America has undergone a dramatic transformation. Most changes have been positive; however, criminality has spread in many countries.
Much is at stake for Colombia, and the hemisphere, in the peace process underway between the government and the FARC.
After decades of violence, peace remains a coveted yet elusive goal in Colombia.
Colombia and Venezuela have a history of rocky relations characterized by short bursts of improvement and deterioration.
On August 7, an important chapter in Colombian-Venezuelan relations that has coincided with the presidencies of Alvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez will come to an end. These last eight years have been a rollercoaster, with moments of great tension but also occasional pragmatism.