The transition holds while the pressure under it turns economic: dueling tax reforms around the 7 August handover, a fuel freeze that only postpones the shock, and a reprisal cycle in the southwest. June 2026 in review, with the outlook to ninety days.
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Armed groups running their own checkpoints on the Panamericana, a total offensive against the country's largest FARC dissident faction, Barranquilla's worst week of criminal violence, and Tuesday's World Cup match against Switzerland. Barometer, map, corridors, and the 7-day forward calls inside.
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Colombia puts more troops and police on the street for election weekend than almost any other time of year. Why a bigger security footprint is not the same as a safer one, and what it means for getting around.
Read briefIn Colombia the danger isn't election day, it's the few hours after the polls close, when the heavy security thins and the plazas fill. How to read that night as it unfolds, and what to set up beforehand so you never have to step into it.
Read briefA national-team match is one of the few evenings an entire country becomes predictable: empty streets during play, packed plazas after. Why the 23 June match, two days after the runoff, is the one to plan around, and how to use the windows it creates.
Read briefWhat nine years of data and this year's politics say about the 21 June vote, and how to move through Bogota around it.
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