WEBINAR: How will Colombia’s election reshape security ties with Venezuela?

Much of Venezuela’s oil, gas, and mining wealth lies along its 2,219-kilometer border with Colombia, a corridor that has been important for the economic development of both countries. But the same corridor has also attracted several armed groups, who have exploited tense relations between #bogotá and #caracas to compete violently for control of criminal economies, including drug trafficking, extortion, and #illegalmining ACLED's latest webinar examines the #colombiaelections2026 results and the future of Colombia-Venezuela border relations.Moderator: Laura Calderón Fuentes – South America Assistant Research Manager, ACLED Tiziano Breda – Senior Analyst, Latin America & the Caribbean, ACLEDBram Ebus – Founder and Co-Director, Amazon Underworld Ángela Olaya, Co-Founder and Director, Fundación COREThis episode is an audio recording of an ACLED webinar featuring expert analysis and discussion of conflict trends and developments around the world.  For more from ACLED, visit ACLEDdata.comAI-generated audio is used for ACLED report narrations only. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, minor pronunciation or intonation errors may occasionally occur. Webinar recordings feature the original speakers.