Opinion: 100 days of ‘meh’

[caption id="attachment_30642" align="alignnone" width="673"] Colombian President Iván Duque's first 100 days have flown by and has been the subject...

Opinion: The anti-corruption reform is doomed

[caption id="attachment_31706" align="aligncenter" width="498"] Photo courtesy of @camilovelasco99[/caption] On September 19 President Iván Duque...

Opinion–De minimis non curat lex: Our moral hazard

[caption id="attachment_32734" align="aligncenter" width="541"] Photo courtesy of Pixabay[/caption] The Latin principle de minimis non curat lex...

Punitive Populism: Prohibition in 2018

The decree that reinstates prohibition for legal drugs as well as the overall structure of Duque’s anti-narcotics policy in Colombia is rooted in a...

Opinion–One court to rule them all: A proposal for judicial reform

The government’s judicial reform initiative is likely to be at the center of controversy for the next few months. At the crux of the issue is the...

Opinion: Are you listening in on me bro?

[caption id="attachment_32183" align="aligncenter" width="707"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Colombia has been through its fair share of...

Opinion: The invasion of Venezuela happens; but then what?

[caption id="attachment_32018" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Last weekend the New York Times reported...

Chiquita Brands on trial: The wheels of justice turn anew

On September 1 the Attorney General’s office said that it would charge 14 former executives of the US fruit company Chiquita Brands on the charges...

Opinion: You know your name is mud when Trump tweets

The US – Colombia relationship is currently solid and bipartisan. Trump’s leadership style, Colombia’s continued status as the world’s...

Opinion: Is Iván Duque independent or a stand-in?

[caption id="attachment_30614" align="aligncenter" width="673"] Image courtesy of @IvanDuque[/caption] A little less than a week before Iván Duque...