Colombia
Crisis Mode
Colombian president Gustavo Petro has been in the global spotlight for his war of words with Donald Trump over the deportation of migrants, but that incident has overshadowed a storm brewing at home — one that led Petro to declare a state of emergency that temporarily grants him extraordinary powers.
A Minefield Ahead
After more than six decades of conflict, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro pledged to achieve “total peace” in the country. But shifts in the nature of armed conflict, the proliferation of criminal gangs and the absence of meaningful reforms have impeded his goal.