Things can get worse, much worse. But as Duque’s four year term comes towards a close, there is a practical consensus in Colombia that things could have been much better.
The helicopter carrying Colombian President Ivan Duque was shot 6 times as it approached the airport in Cúcuta, a Colombian city that borders Venezuela. The US-made Black Hawk military helicopter was able to land safely after taking fire.
What can observers take from events in Peru? And what takeaways are relevant for Colombia’s upcoming 2022 elections, and for economic and civil liberty more broadly in the Americas? Daniel Raisbeck has some prescient observations.