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US-Colombia Advisory Group

The Atlantic Council’s US-Colombia Advisory Council, with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) as honorary co-chairs, is a nonpartisan, binational, and multi-sectoral group committed to advancing a whole-of-society approach to addressing the most vital policy issues facing the US-Colombia relationship—with a recognition of the broader implications for bilateral interests across the region more broadly.

Voces de impacto: Conversations with US and Colombian leaders and changemakers

The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) is sitting down with US and Colombian thought leaders and change agents to discuss their impactful work and creative solutions for communities and territories across Colombia.


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Voces de impacto: Conversations with US and Colombian leaders and changemakers

Join the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for conversations that highlight traditionally underrepresented voices from across Colombian society.

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New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2016

Pushing for Peace in Colombia

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US Ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, cites need to move quickly on achieving an accord acceptable to all sides Two ground realities in Colombia—former guerrillas gathered in remote rural cantonments with scarce infrastructure and nationwide elections in the spring of 2018—make it imperative that a peace agreement that is acceptable to all sides is quickly […]

Colombia

In the News

Oct 7, 2016

Marczak Quoted by Foreign Policy on A Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia

By Jason Marczak

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Colombia

In the News

Oct 5, 2016

Saldarriaga Jiménez in The Cipher: There Will Never Be a Perfect Peace in Colombia

By Andrea Saldarriaga Jiménez

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Colombia

In the News

Oct 5, 2016

Saldarriaga Jiménez Quoted by Voice of America on Defeated Colombian Peace Deal

By Andrea Saldarriaga Jimenez

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Colombia

New Atlanticist

Oct 5, 2016

Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite: A Divided Nation

By Andrea Saldarriaga Jiménez

On October 2, Colombians rejected the peace agreement brokered between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The “no” vote won the plebiscite by less than 0.5 percent of the vote with only 37 percent of voter participation. The world is shocked and Colombians astonished. Polls leading up to the plebiscite had […]

Colombia

Event Recap

Oct 4, 2016

Colombia Votes No to Peace: What Happens Now?

By Mae Louise Flato

On October 2, Colombian electoral officials announced the surprise victory of the ‘No’ vote in the national referendum to approve the peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Colombia

New Atlanticist

Oct 3, 2016

Plebiscite Leaves Colombia’s Peace Process in Limbo

By Ashish Kumar Sen

On October 2, Colombian voters rejected a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. This was a “surprising” outcome of a plebiscite that has thrown into question the prospects for peace in the country, according to Atlantic Council analysts. “One could argue that it both complicates and eases this problem,” said […]

Colombia

In the News

Oct 3, 2016

Schechter Quoted by the Australian Financial Review on the Outcome of the Plebiscite Vote in Colombia

By Peter Schechter

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Colombia

In the News

Oct 3, 2016

Marczak Quoted by NBC News on Reactions to Colombians “No” on Peace Accord

By Jason Marczak

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Colombia

In the News

Oct 3, 2016

Marczak Quoted by Forbes on the Blow of the ‘no’ Victory to Colombia, to Peace, to Our Hemisphere, and to US Leadership

By Jason Marczak

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Colombia

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