Colombia: Under New President, Colombia's Internal Refugees Still Can't Go Home

Aug 7, 2018 | Heather Brady, National Geographic
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The inauguration of Colombia’s new president, Ivan Duque, is cause for celebration among those who support the country's conservative politicians and for concern among others—including many who have been displaced from their homes over years of nationwide conflict. Though the incumbent president, Juan Manuel Santos, maintained a period of relative stability in the country and brokered the peace deal that ended a half-century of war, Duque has said he will change the deal. During the election, however, he assured voters he won’t “shred it to pieces,” like some of his political colleagues wanted to.