Colombia’s plan for peace seemed to work – until it didn’t
Renewed violence and criminal expansion reveal deep flaws in President Petro’s Total Peace plan.
Colombians are occupying land to protest inequality. Here’s the history.
Indigenous and other marginalized Colombians are putting pressure on the new government to follow through on land redistribution promises
Colombia’s new president aims to swing his country left. It won’t be easy.
Gustavo Petro will have to make alliances and deals with moderate parties, which may disappoint his supporters
Why Colombia can’t build the infrastructure it needs
Presidential candidates are promising economic development, but the nation’s laws make that hard to fulfill
In Colombia, an activist, feminist lawyer is running for VP
Francia Márquez pledged to speak for marginalized and rural voters. That’s put her in danger.
In Colombia, abortion is no longer a crime. But rural women will still find it hard to get one.
Women in rural areas already have a hard time getting ordinary health care
International Women’s Day reminds us that the pandemic hurt gender equality. A lot.
But around the globe, activists and policymakers have laid out plans for economic recovery that would help reverse the losses — and help eliminate the reasons that women face inequality
Five years after Colombia’s peace deal, the FARC is no longer on U.S. terrorist group lists
But Colombia’s peace is far from secure, our research shows
From Colombia to Lebanon, LGBTQ advocates are helping build peace
Why including women and LGBTQ people can improve peacemaking.