Adam Isacson

BHP’s Cerrejon Mine to Tap Coal Stockpile After Guerrilla Attack

BHP Billiton Ltd.’s Cerrejon coal venture in Colombia, which restarted operations this week after a 32-day strike, will tap stockpiles at its port to meet demand after a second guerrilla attack on its installations this year, a company official said.

Cocaine Surge Makes Humala’s Peru Rival to Colombia as Top World Producer

Peru’s production of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, has risen for a fifth straight year, putting pressure on incoming President Ollanta Humala to step up eradication efforts he has criticized.

Uribe's Shadow May Hang Over Santos Win in Colombia Presidential Election

Colombian presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos may coast to victory in this weekend’s runoff election. A bigger challenge in office will be escaping the shadow of the kingmaker who helped get him there: President Alvaro Uribe .

Abbas Woos ‘Latin America’s Israel’ in Palestinian State Bid

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with his Colombian counterpart today, hoping to take advantage of Latin America’s growing independence from the U.S. to win a Security Council vote in his bid for United Nations membership.

Colombia’s Spy Scandal Turns Uribe Against Former Ally Santos

A widening spy scandal in Colombia is heightening tension between its two most powerful politicians as former President Alvaro Uribe’s legacy comes under fire by his handpicked successor’s anti-corruption drive.

Colombia Starts Talks to End Half-Century of Armed Conflict

Colombia’s government has its best chance yet of ending almost half a century of civil war as negotiators sit down today in Oslo with a rebel group whose ranks have been thinned by a decade of military defeats.

Santos Confirms Colombian Government Held Talks With FARC Rebels

The Colombian government has held “exploratory talks” with the country’s Marxist rebels to seek an end to the country’s 50-year civil war.

FARC Starts Colombia Talks With Attack on Mining ‘Demons’

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, opened peace talks in Oslo by denouncing oil and mining companies that it says are looting the Andean nation’s wealth, and said the country needs a new national army without U.S. influence.

Chocolate Losing to Cocaine on Colombia Cocoa Slump

Cocaine is proving a more resilient commodity than chocolate in Colombia, the largest supplier of the narcotic to the U.S.

Colombia Resumes Talks With FARC Rebels to End 50-Year War

Colombian government negotiators will sit down in Havana today to resume peace talks with Marxist rebels, after a 10-year U.S.-backed military offensive weakened Latin America’s oldest guerrilla movement.

"These attacks are likely to continue because the military can never be big enough to protect entire pipelines and railways."

- Adam Isacson on Mar 14, 2013

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