/tags/ivan-duque Ivan Duque en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-03-17/white-house-visit-disguises-u-s-colombia-strain-which-may-get-messier-soon COMMENTARY The Washington-Bogotá alliance is strong but dysfunctional. A Gustavo Petro presidency may keep it messy — thanks partly to Putin and Trump. Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2022-03-17/white-house-visit-disguises-u-s-colombia-strain-which-may-get-messier-soon Tim Padgett /news/2021-05-18/in-south-florida-colombias-turmoil-morphs-again-into-socialismo-scare Colombia's social unrest is rooted in Latin America's crushing economic inequality — but in Florida, the GOP scores bigger points by falsely blaming it on Marxism. Tue, 18 May 2021 10:05:52 GMT /news/2021-05-18/in-south-florida-colombias-turmoil-morphs-again-into-socialismo-scare Tim Padgett, Luis Hernandez /commentary/2021-05-13/lets-hope-protests-sideline-colombias-toxic-right-left-and-south-floridas COMMENTARY President Duque's new, moderate tack on Colombia's protests is bad news for his right-wing backers and left-wing attackers — there and here. Thu, 13 May 2021 10:00:05 GMT /commentary/2021-05-13/lets-hope-protests-sideline-colombias-toxic-right-left-and-south-floridas Tim Padgett /commentary/2021-05-07/dear-uribistas-colombias-problem-right-now-isnt-the-farc-its-you COMMENTARY What's driving Colombia's deadly unrest isn't the country's former leftist rebels, as South Florida expats insist, but its lingering reactionary rules. Fri, 07 May 2021 10:15:05 GMT /commentary/2021-05-07/dear-uribistas-colombias-problem-right-now-isnt-the-farc-its-you Tim Padgett /news/2021-05-06/south-florida-expats-divided-over-causes-of-colombia-chaos-and-countrys-response Some expats blame the conservative government for the dozens of deaths in Colombia's unrest this week; others accuse a shadowy global leftist "movement." Thu, 06 May 2021 21:04:41 GMT /news/2021-05-06/south-florida-expats-divided-over-causes-of-colombia-chaos-and-countrys-response Tim Padgett /2021-03-03/colombias-president-on-amnesty-for-venezuelans-we-want-to-set-an-example "We want to demonstrate that although we're not a rich country, we can do something that is humanitarian ... but at the same time is an intelligent and sound migration policy," Iván Duque tells NPR. Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:16:00 GMT /2021-03-03/colombias-president-on-amnesty-for-venezuelans-we-want-to-set-an-example John Otis /news/2021-02-08/colombia-will-legalize-undocumented-venezuelan-migrants Colombia will register hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and refugees who are currently living in the country without papers in a bid to provide them with legal residence permits and facilitate their access to health care and legal employment opportunities. Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:09:50 GMT /news/2021-02-08/colombia-will-legalize-undocumented-venezuelan-migrants Manuel Rueda /2020-08-24/calling-colombians-with-florida-in-play-trump-and-biden-reach-out-to-a-latino-sleeping-elephant Florida's large Colombian community never got much attention from U.S. presidential candidates. Until now. Tue, 25 Aug 2020 01:10:18 GMT /2020-08-24/calling-colombians-with-florida-in-play-trump-and-biden-reach-out-to-a-latino-sleeping-elephant Tim Padgett /news/2020-01-14/u-n-blasts-staggering-number-of-human-rights-defenders-killed-in-colombia Colombia’s half-century-long civil war was fought mainly in its rural areas. And that’s where implementing the peace process that was signed a few years… Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:15:30 GMT /news/2020-01-14/u-n-blasts-staggering-number-of-human-rights-defenders-killed-in-colombia Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2019-10-01/monos-madness-child-soldiers-film-shows-what-colombia-risks-if-civil-war-reboots Midway through the new Colombian film “Monos,” there is a haunting moment that illuminates, literally, the evil of using children as soldiers.A squad of… Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:00:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-10-01/monos-madness-child-soldiers-film-shows-what-colombia-risks-if-civil-war-reboots Tim Padgett