Ana Carrigan

Ana Carrigan is author of The Palace of Justice: A Colombian Tragedy. Her reports from Colombia have appeared in various papers including the New York Times.

Colombia's guerrillas: between past and future

On 26 March 2008, in a remote camp somewhere in the central range of the Colombian Andes, an old guerrilla leader died. The news took two months to reach the

By Ana Carrigan

/ 2 Jul 2008

Pawns of war: the Colombian hostage crisis

"Mr President, we, who are about to die, salute you." The message was delivered on 26 September 2007 to the Colombian president, Álvaro Uribe. It came from a

By Ana Carrigan

/ 15 Nov 2007

Colombias testing times

And the winner is Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who is seeking a second four-year term in Colombia's presidential contest on 28 May. In the 12 March congressional elections, Uribe&

By Ana Carrigan

/ 28 Mar 2006

Colombia's elections: the regional exception

They were dancing in the streets in Chile on 15 January 2006, the night that Michelle Bachelet's election as president was confirmed. For Chileans, Bachelet's triumph

By Ana Carrigan

/ 10 Mar 2006

Ana Carrigan

Colombia's guerrillas: between past and future

Pawns of war: the Colombian hostage crisis

Colombia&#146;s testing times

Colombia's elections: the regional exception

Colombias testing times