Prospects for Colombia to end-2021

Subject

Prospects for Colombia to end-2021.

Significance

The Duque administration, in its last full year in office, faces multiple, intertwined socio-political and economic crises, few of which look likely to improve quickly. Decades-old challenges such as drug trafficking endure, while newer ones such as a recent surge in urban social unrest are compounding government difficulties, complicating responses to the health and fiscal pressures raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.