Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Colombia is facing its most severe security crisis since its 2016 peace accord. In January, the still-active National Liberation Army (ELN), ...

For the first time in decades, the U.S. has decertified Colombia as a drug control partner — a symbolic blow to one of ...

A series of coordinated bombings and gun attacks rocked the city of Cali and its surrounding area yesterday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 50. The attacks in Colombia's ...

The Trump administration said Monday that Colombia had “failed demonstrably” in its obligations to fight drug trafficking but ...

Relations between the U.S. and Colombia—longtime security allies—have frayed after President ... to seek accommodations with narco-terrorist groups only exacerbated the crisis.” “The failure of ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. When allies stop acting like allies, what should the United States do? That’s the ...

Two Colombian soldiers were seriously injured after being doused with gasoline and set on fire when an anti-drug operation was attacked in southeastern Colombia, the army said Wednesday. The incident ...

The Trump administration has decertified Colombia as a drug war partner for the first time in nearly three decades, citing ...