Mockus/Parody pact – a new politics for Bogota?
The future of Bogota is at stake on 30 October 2011. Outgoing Mayor Samuel Moreno is in jail as he faces trial for corruption on a monumental scale. He leaves…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Uribe & Peñalosa – the politics of Bogota’s mayoral election
For eight years Colombian politics were dominated by one man – ex-president Alvaro Uribe. Yesterday he was back on the campaign trail – not for himself but for his old…
World economies lose their heads as Colombia’s is held high
If a week’s a long time in politics, at the moment it seems like a life-time in economics. As markets plunge across the world you’d be forgiven for believing that…
World Bank – Colombia’s economy safer than France’s
Colombia’s economy is one of the safest and fastest growing in the world, according to the World Bank and the IMF. Are Colombia’s politics – and the policies pursued over…
Colombia’s guerrilla politics – the end game?
Proposals released this week – by Colombia’s peace commission – would allow ex-FARC guerrillas to take up political office in Colombia. Is a political end to Colombia’s war in sight? Political…
Death of Colombia’s biggest political party?
Are we witnessing the death of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ political party – El Partido de la U? The U was formed in 2006 to support Alvaro Uribe’s presidential…
Sept 11th and the Venezuelan threat
Ten years on from 9/11/01, who does Washington see as the main threat to peace and security in the Americas; Muslim fanatics or left-wing guerrillas supported by Venezuelan commander in chief,…
Obama shows Colombia some leg
Was tonight the night Obama answered Colombia’s call? As predicted on this website on Tuesday, President Obama placed the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement at the heart of his jobs plan,…