President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve all Colombians. Its existence depends on push-back against Colombia’s peculiar mix of corporations, big landowners, financial moguls, and narco-traffickers. Difficulties are cropping up now that call for sharpened resistance. Prospects for re-election … Continue reading Petro government in Colombia confronts lawfare, Alvaro Uribe’s return, and U.S. intervention