
Can USAID’s funding freeze put Colombia’s peace process at risk?
Just days before Donald Trump’s second inauguration as the president of the United States, the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia’s last “historic” leftist guerrilla group, launched an offensive in the region of Catatumbo, bordering Venezuela. Although the worst of the violence seems to have tapered off in February, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) audit and funding freeze -and the related social media conflicts between Trump and President of Colombia Gustavo Petro over tariffs and migrants deportation flights- have forced many in Colombia’s peacebuilding sector to rethink their strategies and expectations for U.S. engagement.
This USAID audit, led by the new U.S.… Seguir leyendo »