Andres Schipani
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 07:11
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos said this weekend he would persist with the most advanced peace negotiations in five decades of armed conflict even as Marxist rebels step up attacks on security forces and disrupt energy supplies.
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 07:29
Several attempts to end Latin America’s longest running insurgency, which has claimed over a quarter of a million lives, have failed. Success would transform Latin America’s third-biggest economy and benefit the region. Both Havana and Caracas encouraged Farc to the negotiating table. Ending its involvement in drug smuggling could slow the flow of cocaine through neighboring Venezuela.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 09:11
The new market-determined foreign exchange system, called Sicad 2, allows companies and individuals to legally trade dollars in an attempt to stem widespread shortages.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
"It is a place you come to for the day to do your business, and then leave as fast as you can," says the head of a shipping company based in Bogota.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 00:00
Mr Santos's reduced majority still gives him the upper hand in the implementation of any peace accords, so long as he can form alliances with conservative and leftist senators.
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 00:00
Analysts hope the new mechanism will let the private sector buy dollars - albeit more expensively at a third, weaker exchange rate - and enable it to restock.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 00:00
Britain is the second-largest overseas investor in Colombia, with $6bn put in in less than a decade. But stop-overs in Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris or Miami have made the trip to Bogota a hassle
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 00:00
In Cuba, where there appears to be willingness among the rebels as well as the government to sign a deal, several complicated matters are still to be addressed.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
To be granted decree powers, the former bus driver and trade unionist needs the votes of 99 lawmakers in the National Assembly. Mr Maduro’s ruling United Socialist party of Venezuela, or PSUV, holds 98 seats
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 00:00
While Colombia has made huge strides in the past decade, it is still burdened by problems - inequality, poverty, violence - that have become only more evident thanks, ironically, to sustained economic growth and the prospect of peace.