South-South Cooperation as a tool of Colombian foreign policy (2010-2015)

The main objective of this article is to characterize the role of South-South cooperation (CSS) in Colombian foreign policy during the period 2010-2015. The hypothesis that guided this article is that the increase in the participation of South-South Cooperation in this period. as a toot of Colombian foreign policy, has facilitated, not only constituting the country as an emerging South-South aid worker, but also achieve greater diversification in the agenda. and increase the number of international partners. mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia. Colombian foreign policy, since the late 1990s, focused on turning the country into an important recipient of international cooperation for drug trafficking and internal armed conflict. However, since 2006. small changes have been observed in Colombia against international cooperation; it cases to be a net recipient of cooperation (north-south) and begins to play an active role as a donor within South-South Cooperation. This process is consolidated during the 2010-2015 period.