Juan Manuel Santos

In Colombia, if you have resources, you can get out of the military draft. But if you’re poor, you’re stuck. It’s become an issue in the presidential runoff.In Colombia, if you have resources, you can get out of the military draft. But if you’re poor, you’re stuck. It’s become an issue in the presidential runoff.

Colombia’s drug-fueled guerrilla war has gone on for nearly half a century. The last round of peace talks fell apart 10 years ago. But now the Colombian government seems willing to try again. Officials are hopeful that negotiations could bring an end to the deadly attacks and brutal kidnappings that have long plagued their country.

Millions of Colombians have been forced off their land in the country’s long civil war. Now some of those people are getting their land back.

Colombia’s drug-fueled guerrilla war has gone on for nearly half a century. The last round of peace talks fell apart 10 years ago. The two sides have been meeting in Cuba and may soon start formal peace negotiations. John Otis has the story.

John Otis reports on controversial plans for a massive mine in the Colombian Andes. The proposal marks a stark shift for a region long beset by violence and neglect. But the promised jobs and come with fear of water pollution and environmental damage.