Topic: Colombia

So the humble fishermen were drug dealers after all ...
So the humble fishermen were drug dealers after all ... November 28, 2025 Monica Showalter The Wall Street Journal went out to interview some of these drug boat operators.
Petro calls for Trump's death if he doesn't change his point of view
Petro calls for Trump's death if he doesn't change his point of view October 21, 2025 Monica Showalter Is this the raving of a madman, or is there something more violent embedded in the lunacy?
Trump whales the hell out of Petro in exchange of messages
Trump whales the hell out of Petro in exchange of messages October 19, 2025 Monica Showalter Trump is tired of his guff.
Claudia angry with Maria's Nobel
Claudia angry with Maria's Nobel October 13, 2025 Silvio Canto, Jr. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico is not happy with the Nobel announcement. 
Asked about that time he burned down Colombia's Supreme Court 40 years ago, Petro points finger at Israel
Asked about that time he burned down Colombia's Supreme Court 40 years ago, Petro points finger at Israel August 31, 2025 Monica Showalter Despicable way to beg the question on his own Marxist narcoguerrilla past.
Rubio dials it to 11 on Colombia's leftist president after slaying of conservative presidential candidate
Rubio dials it to 11 on Colombia's leftist president after slaying of conservative presidential candidate August 14, 2025 Monica Showalter Rubio knows what's going on.
Colombian conservative presidential candidate dies two months after he was gunned down
Colombian conservative presidential candidate dies two months after he was gunned down August 11, 2025 Monica Showalter Colombians think President Petro had something to do with this death of his rival. Cui bono?
Lawfare soars to crazed leftist heights in Brazil and Colombia
Lawfare soars to crazed leftist heights in Brazil and Colombia August 6, 2025 Monica Showalter If Trump hadn't won the election ...
What's next for Colombia?
What's next for Colombia? June 17, 2025 Silvio Canto, Jr. Colombia may be headed for another round of violence and mass shootings.
Colombia and Israel break up
Colombia and Israel break up May 2, 2024 Silvio Canto, Jr. Hamas has a new friend in communist guerrilla-turned-president Petro, and that’s no shock to me.
Ivan Marquez, big FARC terrorist and darling of the global elites, rubbed out by other drug-dealers in Venezuela?
Ivan Marquez, big FARC terrorist and darling of the global elites, rubbed out by other drug-dealers in Venezuela? July 4, 2022 Monica Showalter Who the heck was FARC big shot Ivan Marquez, and why should we care?
Colombia's election: How could the voters be so stupid?
Colombia's election: How could the voters be so stupid? June 21, 2022 Monica Showalter Why would a sensible nation like Colombia elect a far-left Hugo Chavez-adoring freak like Gustavo Petro as president?
Democrats shiver as Colombia's bigfoot politicians throw their weight behind Trump
Democrats shiver as Colombia's bigfoot politicians throw their weight behind Trump October 27, 2020 Monica Showalter ...and they're urging Colombia's giant expat community in Florida to vote for Trump, too. Wonder why...
Joe Biden needs a geography lesson
Joe Biden needs a geography lesson December 29, 2019 Thomas Lifson Joe Biden’s latest gaffe reveals profound ignorance about a vast human tragedy caused by socialism.
Winds of War: FARC's return to terrorism raises specter of a Venezuela-Colombia war
Winds of War: FARC's return to terrorism raises specter of a Venezuela-Colombia war August 31, 2019 Monica Showalter Amazing what appeasement does for the prospect of peace.
Helluva warning about the stalemate in Venezuela
Helluva warning about the stalemate in Venezuela July 6, 2019 Monica Showalter Could Colombia go down with Venezuela? Francisco Toro has a powerful warning about what's happening in the vacuum.
Obama gets a $600,000 payday for a single speech in Colombia
Obama gets a $600,000 payday for a single speech in Colombia May 29, 2019 Monica Showalter Did Obama get some quid pro quo for favors rendered in that $600,000 speech payout from a Colombian trade group?
Russia's been in Venezuela less than two weeks and already it's threatening to attack Colombia
Russia's been in Venezuela less than two weeks and already it's threatening to attack Colombia April 3, 2019 Monica Showalter Russia a threat to peace in Venezuela? Looks like NSC Advisor John Bolton knew what he was talking about.
Succoring terrorists just doesn't work, and huge Colombian protest shouts it loudly
Succoring terrorists just doesn't work, and huge Colombian protest shouts it loudly January 21, 2019 Monica Showalter For Colombians, a mass killing by ELN terrorists was grounds to march in the streets. Obviously, "peace deals" aren't cracked up to be what Nobel Norwegians think they are.
Facing a second million refugees, Colombia inadvertently makes case for regime change in Venezuela
Facing a second million refugees, Colombia inadvertently makes case for regime change in Venezuela November 28, 2018 Monica Showalter The root of the problem is the Venezuelan regime. Colombia will either have to get rid of it or take in millions – and millions – more of Venezuela's refugees.
An interesting view of Venezuelans in Colombia…
An interesting view of Venezuelans in Colombia… November 9, 2018 Silvio Canto, Jr. Venezuela is losing its best and its brightest.
Buried news: Colombia's poor rejected socialism, big time, out of a credible fear of 'another Venezuela'
Buried news: Colombia's poor rejected socialism, big time, out of a credible fear of 'another Venezuela' June 19, 2018 Monica Showalter Word about socialism gets around fast for people living in the vicinity of its ruins.
Cuba exposed as the dirty bird in making Venezuela a narcostate
Cuba exposed as the dirty bird in making Venezuela a narcostate June 3, 2018 Monica Showalter How does a hellhole with no money like Venezuela stay afloat? Obviously, because of the cocaine trade. The Daily Beast has a humdinger of an account showing how it happened.
Trump Dynamics: Colombia poised to elect a conservative populist
Trump Dynamics: Colombia poised to elect a conservative populist June 3, 2018 Monica Showalter The election of a conservative in Colombia will be for the same kinds of reasons that Americans that elected President Trump, beefed up by consciousness of the socialist nightmare of Venezuela next door.
Upcoming elections in Colombia and Mexico
Upcoming elections in Colombia and Mexico May 30, 2018 Silvio Canto, Jr. Two important elections are shaping up to the south.
Mass refugee exodus prompts new border controls – in Brazil and Colombia
Mass refugee exodus prompts new border controls – in Brazil and Colombia February 10, 2018 Monica Showalter The odor of hypocrisy rises high in this border rush cum clampdown.  Wasn't Brazil one of the nations that condemned Arizona for trying to enforce existing federal border laws?
Will the US give Colombia's FARC Marxist narco-terrorists 'free' taxpayer money?
Will the US give Colombia's FARC Marxist narco-terrorists 'free' taxpayer money? May 16, 2017 Monica Showalter Will the U.S. be strong-armed into paying for Colombia's President Santos's FARC terrorist reward plan as he comes to visit President Trump Friday?  We really hope not.