/tags/juan-manuel-santos Juan Manuel Santos en-US WLRN Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:00:56 GMT /commentary/2020-11-13/dangerous-line-florida-expats-now-see-the-u-s-president-as-their-political-hitman COMMENTARY It's right for expats to urge a president to sanction repressive regimes. But it's dangerous for him to be their petty partisan surrogate back home. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:00:56 GMT /commentary/2020-11-13/dangerous-line-florida-expats-now-see-the-u-s-president-as-their-political-hitman Tim Padgett /2020-09-22/is-colombia-interfering-in-the-u-s-election-in-florida-with-tactics-it-exported-to-florida Critics say Colombian elected officials are increasingly involved in — and helped create — President Trump's 'socialismo' scare campaign against Joe Biden. Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:00:00 GMT /2020-09-22/is-colombia-interfering-in-the-u-s-election-in-florida-with-tactics-it-exported-to-florida Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever This interview was originally published May 26, 2020In South Florida we tend to think of the golden age of cocaine (if it can be called that) as the 1980s… Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-05-26/cocaine-comeback-new-book-warns-drug-is-more-plentiful-and-destructive-than-ever Tim Padgett /news/2018-08-02/colombias-ironic-reality-new-president-more-likely-to-redeem-santos-not-uribe COMMENTARYSome thought it stunning last week when former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced he was resigning his Senate seat to defend himself in… Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:05:35 GMT /news/2018-08-02/colombias-ironic-reality-new-president-more-likely-to-redeem-santos-not-uribe Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2017-09-04/papal-peace-francis-visits-post-civil-war-colombia-now-a-political-minefield The official song commissioned for Pope Francis’ visit to Colombia this week is called “Let’s Take the First Step.” It concludes with a paso the… Mon, 04 Sep 2017 19:48:38 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2017-09-04/papal-peace-francis-visits-post-civil-war-colombia-now-a-political-minefield Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2017-04-03/colombian-ambassador-we-have-to-make-our-peace-case-to-trump-u-s-congress Last fall Colombia was being called “the Brexit of the Americas.” That’s because, in stunning Brexit fashion, voters there had just rejected a peace… Tue, 04 Apr 2017 01:05:45 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2017-04-03/colombian-ambassador-we-have-to-make-our-peace-case-to-trump-u-s-congress Tim Padgett /news/2016-08-24/colombia-farc-guerrillas-finally-announce-a-peace-accord The Colombian government and Marxist guerrillas known as the FARC have been at war for 52 years. But tonight both sides confirmed from their negotiating… Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:05:25 GMT /news/2016-08-24/colombia-farc-guerrillas-finally-announce-a-peace-accord Tim Padgett /news/2016-08-12/venezuela-and-colombia-to-re-open-border-this-weekend For the past year, the border between Venezuela and Colombia has effectively been closed. That’s only worsened the suffering of Venezuelans who can’t find… Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:20:53 GMT /news/2016-08-12/venezuela-and-colombia-to-re-open-border-this-weekend Tim Padgett /news/2016-02-04/u-s-should-aid-colombias-peace-and-not-repeat-cold-war-blunders COMMENTARYToday, Washington’s diplomatic gaze is on Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who’s meeting President Obama at the White House.But as Santos… Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:05:42 GMT /news/2016-02-04/u-s-should-aid-colombias-peace-and-not-repeat-cold-war-blunders Tim Padgett /news/2014-12-30/china-proves-obama-right-on-cuba-and-other-top-latin-america-stories-of-2014 As far as I’m concerned, one of the year’s most important Latin American stories happened this week in China.Yep, communist China. On Monday the… Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:04:11 GMT /news/2014-12-30/china-proves-obama-right-on-cuba-and-other-top-latin-america-stories-of-2014 Tim Padgett