Dogs, presidents and beauty queens, oh my! International press about Colombia this month

[caption id="attachment_31585" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Are drug-detection dogs the next target for drug trafficking groups? Photo:...

President Santos’ historic address welcomes newly installed FARC members of Congress

[caption id="attachment_31225" align="aligncenter" width="706"] Image still courtesy of Youtube[/caption] Today President Juan Manuel Santos...

Is time running out for the JEP?

[caption id="attachment_30725" align="aligncenter" width="876"] Image courtesy of @JuanManSantos - Twitter[/caption] With just under two months...

Colombia’s president announces new negotiator with ELN to work for peace

[caption id="attachment_26331" align="aligncenter" width="532"] Gustavo Bell (Pic by Omar Nieto - Office of the High Commissioner for...

The FARC Peace Deal: A year in review–the good, the bad and the politics

[caption id="attachment_25772" align="aligncenter" width="698"] Photo courtesy of Zonacero[/caption] A year ago, on November 24, president Santos...

Colombia seizes 13.4 tons of cocaine in country’s largest drug bust ever

Colombian police seized 13.4 tons of cocaine yesterday in northwest Antioquia, in what is being called the country's largest drug bust ever. ...

Colombia announces $80 billion budget for 2018

On Wednesday Colombia’s congress approved a 235 trillion COP ($80 billion) budget for 2018 in an effort to retain its BBB credit rating. ...

Santos: ELN Peace Talks Conundrum

A few days before President Santos was re-elected, he promised the Colombian people peace talks with the ELN. But as guest writer Richard McColl...

Peace Talks ‘Can End’

But conflict victims still preparing to fly to Havana, Cuba and meet both FARC and Gov’t negotiators By Mark Kennedy The Colombian President...