A fresh start for Colombia … and for US policy?
Gustavo Petro’s election offers a major turn in the country’s politics, but entrenched interests in both countries will try to make it difficult.
Gustavo Petro’s election offers a major turn in the country’s politics, but entrenched interests in both countries will try to make it difficult.
Regardless of who wins the presidential run-off June 19, Washington won’t be dealing with the same elite class it has for decades.
Conservative Fico Gutiérrez’s popularity with the U.S. may not help him against popular leftist Gustavo Petro.
A flood of Washington funding has ensured that bad guys like Dario Antonio Usua have flourished. That won’t end with his capture.