Did you know that, despite simplistic labels to the contrary, the US' favorite client state actually is not the free-market paragon most...

Just in case you needed further evidence that the Obama administration is continuing with the same policies towards Latin America as the Bus...

This must have made for one hell of a phone call. Following Santos’ victory in Colombia's presidential elections last Sunday, Ecuadoria...

If the equation above confuses you, or pops up on your screen when your boss is looking over your shoulder, apologies. But bear with me here...

A Bloomberg article today touches on how the diplomatic dispute with Venezuela is affecting Colombia’s economy, as it has resulted in plumm...

So this post was going to be about the irony of Hillary Clinton acknowledging Colombia's advancement in human rights at the same press ...

First off, props to Otto . I had a whole post ready to roll with pretty charts and data on military spending in South America when my RSSy t...

Want the most detailed, complete breakdown of the first round available? Check out the coverage at FiveThirtyEight . Geographical breakdown?...

Just a quick look at the market reaction to Sunday's election. There was a lot of talk about how Mockus didn't scare investors, tha...

I'm down anytime someone lays the smackdown to Friedman, but this is exceptional, and follows an exceptionally heinous op-ed this mornin...

All I've got to say to Forero is, "Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber , you go and do something like this…a...

Always a lot of coverage of the Colombian presidential election, and today is no exception, so here are just a few links to some interesting...

Juan Forero, the Washington Post's resident LatAm ignoramus , goes all in today with his article about Chavez and ties to terrorism. T...

Man, Santos sure is getting desperate. Colombia Reports writes today about the increasing use of smear tactics in the Colombia presidential...

So mal adjusted hasn't done any scientific study on this, but the guess is that most casual observers would think the Colombian business...

First, from Miguel d'Escoto the former President of the UN General Assembly on the US' role in the region, via Democracy NOW! : We n...

The folks over at Business Weak , in an otherwise decent article , told its readers today that Colombia's GDP more than doubled since Ur...

A real interesting video piece from the Latin American News Dispatch : Colombian journalist and political analyst Claudia López talks about ...

So who is this Antanas Mockus guy? I mean, we all know he's a presidential candidate in Colombia and is rapidly rising in the polls ......

The newest polling data on the presidential elections does not really paint a different picture than anything in the past , but there is s...