Twitter: latamthought- Correa to attend Santos investidura, but legal issues in Ecuador to continue http://bit.ly/9G46Jt
- Who is Joran van der Sloot? http://bit.ly/bs9Iy1
- Good analysis in today's Semana on discrepancy between expectation and reality http://bit.ly/aAW7wO
- New Post: Colombia's Post-Election Analysis http://bit.ly/9fszRo
- In spite of the two marble busts of Santos Family members at the entrance to the building, the Santos Family no longer owns El Tiempo
Tag Archives: Alvaro Uribe
What else is coming down with Colombia’s crumbling pyramids?
While the world has been preoccupied with a swelling global financial crisis, Colombia has been busy with one of its own making. Two weeks ago a few notorious Ponzi schemes such as DRFE (which stands for Dinero Rapido Facil en Efectio, or Easy Money Fast Cash) stopped paying their clients as their leadership fled abroad. The rioting [...]
Bolivia and Colombia now have something in common: frustration with U.S. trade policy
Starting this weekend, and for the first time since 1991, Bolivia’s products no longer enjoy preferential access when entering the United States, unlike those from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. All four countries had received tariff-free access for certain products under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), a program designed during the George [...]
Colombia as Israel and the Andes as the Middle East?
On March 3, Venezuelan President Chávez called the Colombian government the “Israel of Latin America” stating, “we aren’t going to permit Colombia to become the Israel of these lands.” But this week’s comparisons of the Andes with the Middle East and Colombia with Israel did not stop there. Some of the comments were simply [...]
Posted in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Also tagged border issues, ELN, FARC, Israel, Ivan Rios, Rafael Correa, Raul Reyes Leave a comment
The Crisis Has Been Overcome?
After six days of tension which led some to fear inter-state armed conflict in the Andes, the conflict was declared “overcome” by Presidents Uribe, Correa, Chávez, and Ortega on Friday afternoon at the Rio Summit in the Dominican Republic. After a week of insulting each other, the Presidents reacted positively to Dominican President Fernandez’s [...]
Posted in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Also tagged border issues, ELN, FARC, Hugo Chavez, Rafael Correa 1 Comment
Civil Society Reacts in Latin America
This week has been characterized by a lot of saber-rattling and microphone diplomacy by the region’s dignitaries. At the OAS, virtually every country in the region took a stance on the conflict between Ecuador and Colombia. Today, civil society reacted to recent events. As the screenshot above from Ecuador’s El [...]
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Raúl Reyes 1948-2008: Internal and Regional Implications
Early Saturday morning, the Colombian armed forces bombed a target on the Ecuadorian side of the Colombian-Ecuadorian border where they believed Raúl Reyes, the second in command of the FARC, would be that night. After bombing the location twice, Colombian troops crossed the border and brought Reyes’ body and 3 laptops back to the [...]
Arming the Colombia-Venezuela Border
As relations between Colombia and Venezuela deteriorate, U.S. officials took the opportunity this week to express their disappointment with Venezuelan President Chávez during visits to Colombia. On Thursday Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed his concern about Venezuela’s military buildup. According to Reuters, Mullen said that while he [...]
The Role of the State and the Black Markets of La Guajira