Latest editorial
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will turn a blind eye to rampant human rights abuses today when he touches down in Colombia on a mission to sell British goods to its blood-drenched regime.
The Lib Dem leader is to schmooze President Juan Manuel Santos - but has snubbed calls to visit members of the civil society groups on the receiving end of a brutal state crackdown.
Thousands of trade unionists and activists remain jailed by the Santos government on what campaigners say are trumped-up charges. Dozens more have been killed.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
BOB NEWLAND appreciates an important contribution to the debate about how slavery helped to build the wealth of Western companies and states
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA