Colombia

Colombia and the United States have consolidated a close and mutually-beneficial partnership over the past twenty years. Plan Colombia, a bipartisan foreign policy success, laid the foundation for a strategic alliance that has widened to include sustainable development, trade, hemispheric security, and human rights. Today, Colombia is positioning itself as a leader in the region and the world.

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Colombia Peace and Prosperity Report Launch: A Dinner with President Juan Manuel Santos

Dispatches
Feb 23, 2026

Why Colombia’s veterans are going to war in Ukraine

By
Erin K. McFee

A lack of economic opportunities and pathways to reintegration is leading Colombian veterans to fight for Ukraine.

Colombia
Conflict

Colombia Peace and Prosperity Report Launch: A Dinner with President Juan Manuel Santos

Dispatches
Feb 5, 2026

How the Trump-Petro meeting could reshape Colombia’s electoral landscape

By
Isabella Palacios

Petro’s turn toward engagement with Trump could have a significant impact on Colombia’s upcoming elections and the next president’s relations with Washington.

Colombia
Latin America

Colombia Peace and Prosperity Report Launch: A Dinner with President Juan Manuel Santos

Dispatches
Feb 2, 2026

To repair US-Colombia ties, Trump and Petro should focus on counternarcotics and Venezuela

By
Kevin Whitaker

By focusing on shared interests on counternarcotics and Venezuela, Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting between the US and Colombian presidents can put the two nations’ bilateral relations on a better path.

Colombia
Crisis Management

Events

Online Event
Fri, June 20, 2025 • 6:30 am ET

Addressing China’s growing influence in Colombia

Colombia
Economy & Business
Geopolitics & Energy Security
Latin America

Online Event
Wed, March 26, 2025 • 7:00 am ET

Evaluating the US-Colombia commercial relationship

Colombia
Economy & Business
Latin America
Trade and tariffs

Public Event
Wed, November 20, 2024 • 10:45 am ET

Senator Ben Cardin reflects on his decades-long work to shape the Americas

Americas
Colombia
Corruption
Economy & Business

Programs

The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center broadens understanding of regional transformations and delivers constructive, results-oriented solutions to inform how the public and private sectors can advance hemispheric prosperity.

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Voces de impacto episodes

Voces de impacto: Conversations with US and Colombian leaders and changemakers. Join the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for dialogues that highlight traditionally underrepresented voices from across Colombian society.

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Content

Colombia Peace and Prosperity Task Force

May 17, 2017

Colombia Peace and Prosperity Report Launch: A Dinner with President Juan Manuel Santos

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

After almost twelve months of consultations and deliberations, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center launched on May 17 the Colombia Peace and Prosperity Task Force report: A Roadmap for US Engagement with Colombia. It was the culmination of the work of a notable group co-chaired by Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Ben Cardin […]

Colombia

New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2017

The End of Corruption Culture in Latin America?

By Roberta Braga

Accountability in the region creates space for safer investments Odebrecht was once synonymous with Latin America’s most ambitious public works projects. Today, those who hear the name think only of the web of malfeasance that has engulfed the region and continues to extend beyond the continent. But, as negative as these new revelations may seem, […]

Brazil Central America

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
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Experts

Ana Arriagada

Staff

Ana Arriagada

Assistant Director, Latin America

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Brazil Civil Society

Fellow

Kyle Atwell

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Colombia

Staff

Ilona Barrero

Program Assistant

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Colombia English

Advisory Council member

Mauricio Cárdenas

Former Minister of Finance; Former Minister of Economic Development, Transport, Planning; Former Minister of Mines and Energy, Colombia

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Colombia Economy & Business

Fellow

Jorge Guzman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Colombia English

Fellow

Sergio Guzmán

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

Americas Caribbean
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