Colombia’s outgoing president, the moderate conservative Iván Duque Márquez, was barred from running again by the country’s strict single-term limit. In that four years, he oversaw a record of policy success unmatched in recent South American history. In return, he is leaving office with an approval rating in the low 20s, the worst any president has had in Colombian polling history. The party he belonged to has been wrecked and discredited. By David Frum. Full Text -> The Atlantic

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El presidente saliente de Colombia, el conservador moderado Iván Duque Márquez, no pudo postularse nuevamente por el estricto límite de mandato único del país. En esos cuatro años, supervisó un récord de éxito político sin igual en la historia reciente de América del Sur. A cambio, dejará el cargo con un índice de aprobación de alrededor de 20, el peor que haya tenido un presidente en la historia de las encuestas colombianas. El partido al que pertenecía ha sido destrozado y desacreditado.

“Be very careful with the speeches that come with siren songs from the dictatorship in Venezuela, which now comes out to speak beautifully inviting investors to come to that territory,” warned Duque.Duque’s words came a day after Maduro invited Colombian businessmen to resume investments, “sales” and “all commercial economic activity” in that country. Full Text -> MercoPress

Traducción de cortesía -> “Hay que tener mucho cuidado con los discursos que vienen con cantos de sirena de la dictadura en Venezuela, que ahora sale a hablar bellamente invitando a los inversionistas a ir a ese territorio”, advirtió Duque. Las palabras de Duque se produjeron un día después de que Maduro invitara a empresarios colombianos a retomar las inversiones, las “ventas” y “toda la actividad económica comercial” en ese país.

“We are open to the fact that if there are conditions and if there are guarantees, that consular service can be reestablished, but, obviously, on the premise that there are all guarantees in terms of security,” Duque told the Colombian media. Full Text-> MacroPress

Traducción de cortesía -> “Estamos abiertos al hecho de que si hay condiciones y si hay garantías, ese servicio consular se puede restablecer, pero, obviamente, bajo la premisa de que hay todas las garantías en materia de seguridad”, dijo Duque a los medios colombianos.

The June 25 attack against the helicopter carrying Colombian President Iván Duque and some of his closest aides finally sees some light as the Magdalena Medio Bloc, a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for it over this weekend. The assault was performed against the Colombian Army’s 30th Brigade in Cúcuta, where a car bomb exploded, and later the presidential helicopter was fired at. Full Text -> MacroPress

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The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, expressed their commitment to “restore democracy and the rule of law” in Venezuela, during a telephone conversation reported Tuesday by the US Foreign Ministry. Full Text -> TheRioTimes

“The order that Iván Duque gave, I denounced two weeks ago, a very unfortunate meeting giving an order to do everything that can be done to contaminate Venezuela,” Maduro said during an act with part of his cabinet in Caracas. Full Text-> Explica

The crisis in Venezuela and drug trafficking topped the agenda at President Donald Trump’s meeting Monday at the White House with Colombia President Iván Duque. By Deb Riechma. Full text-> The Star