On the Radar: Seismic US Drug War Shifts
We analyze another US missile strike, the decertification of Colombia, and its sentencing of former FARC leaders.| InSight Crime
We analyze another US missile strike, the decertification of Colombia, and its sentencing of former FARC leaders.| InSight Crime
Colombia had already proven to be fertile territory for Tren de Aragua's operations, expanding its criminal rents and offering refuge.| InSight Crime
On July 20, 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos promised the 9 million voters who had just elected him to his first term that he would build on the foundation created “by a giant, our President Álvaro Uribe.”1 He declared that Colombia could now look to the future with hope, thanks to the multiple successes that ... Read more The post A Skeptic’s View on the “Peace Dividend” appeared first on Americas Quarterly.| Americas Quarterly
On July 20, 2010, President Juan Manuel Santos promised the 9 million voters who had just elected him to his first term that he would build on the foundation created “by a giant, our President Álvaro Uribe.”1 He declared that Colombia could now look to the future with hope, thanks to the multiple successes that ... Read more The post A Skeptic’s View on the “Peace Dividend” appeared first on Americas Quarterly.| Americas Quarterly
El 17 de mayo, Seuxis Pausias Hernández Solarte, alias Jesús Santrich, uno de los dos líderes más destacados de las Farc, fue emboscado y asesinado en Venezuela por comandos enviados por el Estado colombiano. Santrich era miembro de las Farc desde hacía tres décadas, tras ingresar en las Juventudes Comunistas de Colombia cuando tenía 13...| ANTICONQUISTA
