‘Naive attempt at total peace: Colombians pin blame on Petro’s feckless policies on security, peace’

Colombia was shaken Tuesday by 19 coordinated bomb and gun attacks across the southwest, leaving at least seven dead and escalating the nation’s security crisis. The violence followed an attempted assassination of a presidential candidate in Bogotá, stoking fears of a return to the brutal era of the 1980s–90s, marked by cartel terror, guerrilla warfare, and political killings. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s François Picard welcomes Dr. Christopher Sabatini, Senior Fellow for Latin America at Chatham House. Dr Sabatini is also on the advisory boards of Harvard University’s LASPAU, the Advisory Committee for Human Rights Watch’s Americas Division and of the Inter-American Foundation.