Blog Roll: Colombia

 

December 15, 2025. A recent article in Foreign Affairs caught my attention: The Needless Rift between America and Colombia: How to Rescue Washington's Most Important Partnership in Latin America. The article concludes that four areas might be emphasized to repair the relationship: drugs, migration, Venezuela, and Chinese influence. However, the subtext is that not much can happen during the current Trump II Administration. The article is well worth reading.

I have a model of the current Colombian Economy  (COL20, here) and other models of Latin American countries here and summarized here. 

Posts

Current models of the Colombian Economy and Others:

• Unstable cycles in Columbia The CO_L20 BAU Model is unstable and cyclical. It can be stabilized with Globalization input.
• Colombia's Globalization Bubble From 1990 to 2012, the Columbian Economy was in a Globalization Bubble.
• Six Futures for Colombia Continued Globalization without "Bubble Mania" provides a stable future for the Economy of Columbia.
• How Does the Economy of Colombia Work?
• Blog Roll: Venezuela  Without interference (e.g., from the US) the Economy of Venezuela is predicted to reach a steady state by 2100/
• Blog Roll: China Involvement in the Global South is not uniformly good or bad for China.
• Blog Roll: The United States The US has gone back to Gun Boat Diplomacy in Latin America.
• Blog Roll: Latin America The best Future for Latin America is no Geopolitical alignments outside the Global South.
• Blog Roll: The World System The WL20 World System model is on the edge of stability.

Wikipedia

• Columbia officially the Republic of Colombia,^[c] is a country located in South America, with insular regions in North America. 
• Columbia IMF The Colombian economy continues to expand with some moderation in key imbalances. After slowing sharply in 2023, the economy expanded by 1.7 percent in 2024 supported by private consumption, reflecting a robust labor market and a gradual recovery in investment.
• History of Columbia includes its settlement by indigenous peoples and the establishment of agrarian societies, notably the Muisca Confederation, Quimbaya Civilization, and Tairona Chiefdoms.
• Politics of Colombia a presidential representative democratic republic with a multi-party system, where the President of Colombia is both head of state and head of government. The national government has separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• Economy of Colombia the fourth largest economy in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product and the third-largest economy in South America.
• Geography of Colombia situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America. It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.  
• 2026 Colombia Presidential Election Incumbent president Gustavo Petro, elected in 2022, was constitutionally barred from seeking a second term. Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly defeated Iván Cepeda in the run-off election held on 21 June 2026.
• Demographics of Colombia   Colombia is the second-most populous country in South America after Brazil, and the third-most populous in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico.