What to Make of Venezuela’s Last-Minute Debt Negotiations
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AQ spoke to a debt expert on what a default means for Venezuela and the world.
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How a Mall Became a Prison – and a Symbol of Venezuela’s Collapse
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The tragic history of Venezuela’s El Helicoide speaks to the promise and privation of a nation in decline.
Colombia’s 96-Year-Old, Crowdfunded Pop Star
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For decades, Magín Díaz’s musical influence went unrecognized. Now, Grammy nominations in hand, he’s making up for lost time.
Peace in Colombia’s Countryside? First, Turn On the Lights.
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Geography and a lack of security have stunted Colombia’s infrastructure development. The country needs to be connected for peace to take hold.
Camilo Enciso: To Ensure Peace Lasts, Put the Brakes on Corruption
For our latest print issue on Colombia, we asked experts, executives, politicians and everyday people about the biggest issue facing Colombia’s next president. See all of their answers here. The top priorities of Colombia’s next president should be enhancing preventive anticorruption measures, fostering integrity and openness at all levels in government and society, and actively cooperating with … Read more
Fernando Carrillo: Leaders Must Address Voter Skepticism
For our latest print issue on Colombia, we asked experts, executives, politicians and everyday people about the biggest issue facing Colombia’s next president. See all of their answers here. | Leer en español There are three great challenges facing Colombia’s next government: implementing peace, strengthening democracy and eliminating corruption. Failing to fulfill the peace agreements with the FARC … Read more
The Trouble Facing Colombia’s Moderates
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Without conflict to bring them together, Colombians are confronting their differences, and engaging in the messy business of democracy.
María Victoria Llorente: Los cinco desafíos del próximo presidente de Colombia
Para nuestra edición impresa de AQ sobre Colombia en el post-conflicto, preguntamos a varios colombianos, incluso a expertos, ejecutivos, y políticos, sobre el mayor problema que enfrenta el próximo presidente de Colombia. Ver todas las respuestas aquí. | Read in English Para que sigamos en el sendero de la construcción de paz en Colombia, debe ser prioridad para el próximo Presidente … Read more
How Colombia’s Economic Outlook Puts Pressure on the Peace Deal
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Developing rural areas will be hard – and expensive. How will Colombia pay for it?
Who’s Afraid of Gustavo Petro?
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From guerrilla to presidential candidate, Gustavo Petro’s rise encapsulates the divisions, fears and hopes permeating Colombian politics today.
Making Sense of Colombia’s Crowded Presidential Field
This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on peace and economic opportunity in Colombia. The field of candidates for Colombia’s 2018 presidential election includes some of the country’s most accomplished politicians – as well as some more uncertain options. Here, AQ looks at the leading contenders, and why each has a chance at the presidency. GERMÁN … Read more
Moira Birss: Colombia’s Government Hasn’t Taken Responsibility on Deforestation
For our latest print issue on Colombia, we asked experts, executives, politicians and everyday people about the biggest issue facing Colombia’s next president. See all of their answers here. If life on our planet is to survive climate change, we must drastically and urgently slash greenhouse gas emissions and conserve forests. Colombia’s next president will face many … Read more
Rebirth, or Relapse? Colombia Hits a Post-War Turning Point.
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New economic opportunities are creeping into Colombia’s troubled countryside. More are needed to help keep the peace.
María Victoria Llorente: Five Challenges for the Next President of Colombia
For our latest print issue on Colombia, we asked experts, executives, politicians and everyday people about the biggest issue facing Colombia’s next president. See all of their answers here. | Leer en español For Colombia to continue on the path to peace, it must be a priority for the next president to link security, peace and development. There … Read more
Rodrigo Uprimny: Reviving Aerial Coca Spraying Would Be a Mistake
For our latest print issue on Colombia, we asked experts, executives, politicians and everyday people about the biggest issue facing Colombia’s next president. See all of their answers here. Colombia’s next president will have to resist internal and external pressures to reactivate aerial spraying of illicit crops. Between 2002 and 2015, some 3.8 million acres of coca … Read more
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