Plots thicken for President Petro in region’s political hothouse

Colombian mandate confronts coup rumors at home even as a strange story emerges of a clandestine meet with an Ecuadorian drug lord. President...

Colombia closer to BRICS – but at what cost?

President Petro meeting NDB chief and Dilma Rousseff in Shanghai in May, when he applied for Colombia to join the development bank. Photo credit:...

Is ‘Paz Total’ Actually Total Failure?

The never-defined project of Paz Total appears to have had little to no effect on violence in Colombia, with things getting markedly worse recently...

Silence on the march, but not on social media

70 thousand people march in the centre of Bogotá following the assassination attempt last week on senator Miguel Uribe Turbay. The march was in...

Water Rationing Ends, But Problems Remain

The year-long water rationing in Bogotá has finally come to an end, but structural issues persist.  A water truck in Chapinero in 2021 A...

2025 in Colombia: A year for surprises?

In what could well be a turbulent year, Colombia has little in the way of big events for 2025, but a number of things bubbling away under the...

Ley de Ruido: Can Optimism Overcome Reality?

Colombia has approved a long-overdue anti-noise law. But will it ever really be applied? Find out who's making the noise here. Last week, on the...

Nequí or No, qué?

As cashless payment becomes more widespread in Colombia, problems are starting to emerge. Can creaking infrastructure and systems handle the...

2023 – The year in Colombian politics, how we wish it wasn’t

Whatever else Colombia may be, it’s never boring, and as we say farewell to 2023, it’s time to look back at a typically bumpy year. The second...

The falling tower of PISA: education in Colombia

The international education results known as PISA are out again, prompting the usual round of handwringing from various sections of the Colombian...