List of Colombia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Snoop Dogg Isn’t in Romania, But That Doesn’t Mean You Shouldn’t Be!
Snoop Dogg accidentally said he was in Romania this week. Now Romanians are encouraging others to visit.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Plan Colombia Shouldn’t Be the Price of Peace with the FARC
Colombia has undergone an economic transformation over the last 15 years — and if the deal to end the country's 50-year blows that up, it will be a disaster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Espionage Economy
U.S. firms are making billions selling spyware to dictators.
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U.S. Army soldier provides security for infantry patrolling through Dandarh village, Afghanistan. 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016
From Syria to the South China Sea, the conflicts and crises the world will face in the coming year.
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URIBE, COLOMBIA: Members of the revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla forces, (L-R) Ivan Rios, an unidentified woman fighter, Joaquin Gomez, Marcos Calarca, Jairo and Pedro Aldana, arrive in Uriba, Colombia, 25 October 1999, for a new round of peace talks with government representatives. The talks resumed 24 October 1999 after months of delays and setbacks renewing hopes for an end to more than three decades of civil war. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) Stories You Missed in 2015
From the winding down of Colombia's 50-year war to Ireland's booming economy, here are the stories that flew under the radar this year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Drug-Torn Colombia Just Made (Medicinal) Weed Legal
Colombia is still fighting the cocaine trade but is embracing medicinal pot.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Colombia’s Women, Tried By War, Find New Power
Women suffered the most from Colombia's five-decade war. Yet it also forced them to find a new political voice.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Colombia’s Displaced, a Peace Deal Doesn’t Mean a Path Home
Homecoming is still a long way off, for those who even want to return.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Peace Break Out in Colombia?
The tentative, but historic, peace deal between the government and the FARC may not be popular. But it still might work.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Maduro’s Wag the Dog Moment
With tanking poll numbers, an economy in free-fall, and an opposition that's out for blood, is Venezuela's president manufacturing a national crisis to buy himself time?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Venezuelan President’s Birther Problem
President Maduro has been expelling Colombian migrants from Venezuela. But was he once one of them?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Colombians Are Paying to Save the Venezuelan Regime
Venezuelan President Maduro is driving out Colombians by the hundreds to prop up his faltering rule.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Does Not Appreciate Comparisons to Donald Trump
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hits back at opponents who compared him -- unfavorably -- to Donald Trump.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Pull Colombia Back From the Brink
With a peace process on the rocks, the United States is an indispensable resource when it comes to Colombia’s future security and prosperity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Like Uber But for Protests: Rideshare Drivers Targeted in Mexico City
Protests against Uber in Mexico City got violent this week, just days before the implementation of new regulations for the controversial ridesharing app.