Why Washington Still Needs Colombia
As US Influence in Latin America Declines, Biden Should Shore Up a Waning Partnership.
Andrea Colombo
Italy | Intern, Special Projects and External Relations, Office of the President,
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Andrea Colombo joined the Inter-American Dialogue in 2022 as an intern for the Office of the President after obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Colombo’s thesis focused on Chile’s neoliberal multiculturalism model and the Mapuche population. He has covered the role of External Relations Officer for the Student Movement for the International Organisations of Milan and writes for the Latin America section of an Italian online media outlet. He has also volunteered for an NGO in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, and visited Mexico as part of an exchange program.
He is now a Master’s student in the Erasmus Mundus Latin American Studies program.
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