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Student Edition: Weekly Report - 13 December 2018
COLOMBIA: Duque shakes up military and police commands
Colombia’s President Iván Duque may have only recently concluded his first 100 days in office, but he has already decided to reshuffle the country’s military and police command structures. Reinforcing public security was one of Duque’s promises in this year’s electoral campaign and he justified the changes on these grounds. However, Duque’s changes fuelled speculation that he was primarily concerned with placing individuals that he trusts and share his vision in control of the country’s security forces.
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