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
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.
Colombia’s elections in May could determine the fate of the peace deal
Concerns about violence may push voters to the polls, this research shows
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
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
In Colombia’s mass protests, Indigenous and Black activists find echoes of colonial history
Whether it’s enduring the military police’s racially targeted violence or trying to tear down colonizers’ statues, Black and Indigenous activists feel they’re still battling to be treated as full citizens.