Allies: Twenty-Seven Bold Ideas to Reimagine the US-Colombia Relationship
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After two decades of a transformative partnership under the Plan Colombia framework, our countries’ relationship is at a critical moment. This moment opens the door for a reimagined U.S. partnership with Colombia based on a shared vision for a more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable future.
This book is intended to advance the next phase of the U.S.-Colombia relationship. In a rapidly changing world, the following chapters present a roadmap for a new type of engagement that challenges our ambitions and extends the ties that bind our countries.
Authors
Contributors
![Carolina Barco](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Carolina%20Barco_1.jpg)
Carolina Barco
![Michael R. Bloomberg](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/bloomberg.jpg)
Michael R. Bloomberg
![Senator Roy Blunt](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/senator_Roy_Blunt.jpg)
Roy Blunt
Chairman of the Leadership Strategies Advisory Services group at Husch Blackwell Strategies, Former US Senator and Representative from Missouri
![Howard G. Buffett](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/HowardGBuffettCorn.jpg)
Howard G. Buffett
![Paula Caballero](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/paula%20caballero.jpg)
Paula Caballero
![Image of Ben Cardin](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Ben%20Cardin.jpg)
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin
![Diego Chaves](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Diego%20Chaves.jpg)
Diego Chaves-González
![Rebecca Bill Chavez](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/rebecca%20b%20chavez.jpg)
Rebecca Bill Chavez
![Bill Clinton](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/bill%20clinton.jpg)
Bill Clinton
![Leila Cobo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/leila%20cobo.jpg)
Leila Cobo
![Rosario Córdoba Garces](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/rosario%20cordoba%20garces.jpeg)
Rosario Córdoba Garces
![Ambassador Paula Dobriansky](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Dobriansky.jpg)
Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Ph.D.
![Alejandro Eder](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/alejandro%20eder.jpg)
Alejandro Eder
![craig faller](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/craig%20faller_0.jpg)
Admiral Craig S. Faller
![Elizabeth Ferris](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/elizabeth%20ferris.jpg)
Elizabeth Ferris
![Sarah Gammage](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Sarah_Gammage3.jpg)
Sarah Gammage
![John B. Gnatt](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/john%20gnatt.png)
John B. Gnatt
![Ambassador Mark Green](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Mark_Green_headshot.png)
Ambassador Mark A. Green
![Vicki Hollub](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/vicki%20hollub.jpg)
Vicki Hollub
![Frederick Kempe](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/frederick%20kempe.jpg)
Frederick Kempe
![María Claudia Lacouture](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/SAJtkqss_400x400.jpg)
María Claudia Lacouture
![John Leguizamo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/John%20Leguizamo.jpg)
John Leguizamo
![María Victoria Llorente](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Mar%C3%ADa%20Victoria%20Llorente.jpg)
María Victoria Llorente
![The Honorable Michael McCaul (R-TX)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/person/1200px-michael_mccaul_offic.gif)
The Honorable Michael McCaul (R-TX)
![Image - Michael P. McKinley](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/1024px-P._Michael_McKinley_official_photo.jpg)
P. Michael McKinley
![Mack McLarty](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/thomas%20mclarty.jpg)
Thomas "Mack" McLarty
Chairman, McLarty Associates; Former Chief of Staff, President Bill Clinton
![Gregory W. Meeks](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Gregory%20W.%20Meeks.jpg)
Gregory W. Meeks
![Luis Alberto Moreno](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Louis_Moreno.jpeg)
Luis Alberto Moreno
![A portrait of Petraeus standing in front of an American flag and the seal of the CIA.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/DCIA_David_Petraeus.jpg)
General (ret.) David Petraeus
![Juan Carlos Pinzón](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/juan%20carlos%20pinzon.jpg)
Juan Carlos Pinzón
![Ana María Porras](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Ana-Porras-300x300.jpg)
Ana María Porras
![Andrew Selee](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/person/18621426156_dd75b14e2f_z.jpg)
Andrew Selee
President, Migration Policy Institute
![David Shedd](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/david%20shedd.jpg)
David R. Shedd
![Kiron K. Skinner](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/Kiron%20K.%20Skinner.jpg)
Kiron K. Skinner
![Sandra Valenzuela](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/sandra%20valenzuela.jpg)
Sandra Valenzuela
![Carlos Vives](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/carlos%20vives.jpg)
Carlos Vives
![Kevin Whitaker](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/uploads/images/kevin%20whittaker.jpg)
Kevin Whitaker
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more