ABOUT THE BOOK
This story evolves at a time when Colombia’s political crisis compelled then-President Belisario Betancur to declare the country under siege. Colombia’s economic woes were of ever-increasing concern. High inflation and unemployment drove prices up and plunged the Colombian peso to an all-time low. Around the embassy, rumors circulated that a national strike was imminent.
This was a particularly violent era in Colombia’s history, and the crisis was critical, threatening the very stability of the nation. Some believed that the worst would soon be over; others predicted that the worst was yet to come. Only time would tell. (Former M-19 member Gustavo Petro was elected as President of Colombia in June 2022 under the banner of Alianza Democrática M-19 formed in April 1990.
