1+ day, 6+ min ago   (762+ words) One email, every weekday morning. What moved in Latin American markets, politics and expat life. Yesterday’s subject line: “'The false peace is over' - Colombia” The waiver had lapsed when the previous government broke relations. Its restoration is the first practical…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (790+ words) The visa requirement is only fourteen months old. From next month it disappears again, and the two countries are back where they were before the rupture. The Colombia Israel visa waiver announced on 20 August is the clearest sign yet of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (719+ words) In days, his government is rebuilding relations with Israel and Washington, unwinding Gustavo Petro’s foreign policy almost overnight. President De la Espriella has begun clearing out Colombia’s embassies abroad. On 14 August his office declared five ambassadors removed for refusing to…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (116+ words) The Court is not judging whether the reform is good or bad — only whether the legislature followed its own rules. That distinction decides everything. No. The Court is deciding only a procedural question about how Congress passed the law. The…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (769+ words) —The call. President-elect De la Espriella spoke with Israel’s President Herzog on July second. —The plan. The two agreed to move ahead with restoring full diplomatic relations between the countries. —The break. President Gustavo Petro severed ties in May 2024 over…...