Search efforts in Colombia enter ‘final phase’ as quake toll reaches 265
The language they use—"entering the final phase"—is always the worst part of these reports. It sounds organized, professional, like scheduled maintenance.
By Josie Calloway ·
cali — Lorien Times
Colombia's devastation shows World Bank theory fails local agency
Out here, where I grew up, we know what it means to be shaken—not by a fault line 103 kilometers deep, but by a single bad harvest or a sudden drop in the basis chart.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Colombia needs an accountant, not a generalissimo like De la Espriella
The perennial drama of Latin American politics often boils down to a single, predictable tension: the seductive promise of radical change versus the brutal reality of institutional competence.
By Klaus Berger ·