
Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand to Colombia to pull it out of its economic hole?
Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand to Colombia to pull it out of its economic hole?
“Es urgente la necesidad de impedir que la búsqueda de justicia ante abusos de multinacionales, daños y pasivos socioambientales, laborales, financiación del paramilitarismo, amenazas o asesinato de líderes sindicales se vea saboteada por este sistema.”
The groups urge the Colombian government to withdraw from treaties that enable transnational corporations to sue the country in tribunals designed to favor their interests.
President Gustavo Petro’s government plans to raise $20 trillion Colombian pesos through a hyper-targeted tax on less than one percent of the country’s top earners. Other nations should take notice.
Gustavo Petro has rejected the failed “diplomatic siege” of his predecessors. But he also wants to see a more democratic Venezuela.
An Institute for Policy Studies analysis of the progressive tax proposed by incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro would impact a small percentage of the nation’s wealthiest while raising millions to address widening inequality.
Colombia has new leaders who see the direct link between plutocracy and the plunder of our most valuable ecosystem.
Running on a platform of gender equity, progressive taxation, and environmental protection, Colombia’s first leftist president could bring much-needed change to a deeply unequal nation.
The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country–and for the whole region.