Answer:
This is is a threefold question. Each one of the summary paragraphs can be found below.
1. Political: Colombia was close to legalizing abortion. Instead, a top court kept restrictions in place
Source: The Washington Post, Date: 3/03/2020
On 2006, Colombian constitutional court ruled abortion was legal in three specific cases: pregnancy resulted from violation, a risk to the mother's life, or fetus malformation. This is more progressive than most Latin American countries jurisdiction; abortion is still outright banned in most Caribbean and Central American countries. It is legal only in Cuba, Uruguay and some Mexican States.
However, there is a wave of change driven by feminist activists in the region. Pro-choice activists argue that poor women find too many barriers to access legal abortion, hence they risk their lives using illegal abortion clinics. Therefore, legal abortion reduces inequality between poor and middle-class women.
Colombian pro-choice activists received a boost when Argentine President announced he intends to issue a bill to legalize abortion. He counts with wide civil society support to pass this bill. This contrasts with a highly divided civil society in Colombia, where the church has a strong influence over policy-making, and where the Colombian president openly opposes abortion.
So, pro-choice activists hoped that the Colombian Constitutional court (which is regarded as a progressive institution) would rule to legalise abortion in the country. Nevertheless, the legalisation of abortion was one vote short to be ruled. According to activist, this is a missing opportunity for the country, to become a leading Latin American Nation in terms of reproductive rights.
2. Economic: UPDATE 1-Colombia tries to calm coronavirus fears, market skeptical
Source: Reuters, 9/03/2020
Colombia's government and central back stated on Monday that Colombia's economy can withstand the coronavirus' impact on the global economy. According to Reuters, the finance ministry stated that "(t)he fundamentals of the Colombian economy are still solid and will absorb the described external shocks without severe trauma to financial activity and stability [and] The authorities will take pertinent actions in a coordinated way and the decisions will be announced jointly and when appropriate,”
However, analysts disagree with the government's statement. Crude is the main Colombian export and source of foreign exchange, so after Monday's 10% fall on oil price, the Colombian peso lost 6.29% of its value. Therefore, it is plausible that the Coronavirus impact over the economy could lead the Country to miss the fiscal deficit target of 2.2% of GDP. This failure might lead to a credit rating downgrade for the fourth-largest economy in Latin America.
3. Social: Colombia Is Dealing With a Terrifying Refugee Crisis. Will Wealthy Nations Step Up to Help?
source: The New York Times, 03/10/2020
More than 5million people have fled Venezuela in the past 15 years. This is the largest refugee crisis in Latin America recorded history. Today, it is only comparable to the Syrian refugee crisis. Venezuelans exiles in western countries come from a middle-class professional background. Yet Venezuelans refugees reaching Colombia are in dire poverty conditions, fleeing from violence as well as from hunger, disease and lack of basic necessities. Moreover, Colombia is one of the largest receivers of Venezuelan migrants, and its open border policy contrast with other Latin American nations: Chile and Ecuador are demanding visas from Venezuelan people, Peru is imposing restrictions to migration, and Mexico harasses Venezuelans at border crossings.
Therefore, Colombia is the country that has received the heaviest burden, with thousands of people crossing its border each day. However, Colombia is facing a political crisis of its own, and thousands have rallied against President Duque conservative government during the past months. To attend the crisis, the country is by its own means, and the money simply is not enough. Roughly, each Venezuelan refugee has received about $125. In contrast, the International Community has invested circa $1500 in each Syrian refugee. Given the size of the crisis, Wealthy nations should do more than they are doing to support Colombia and Venezuelans refugees to overcome this crisis.
Step-by-step explanation:
In the case of the abortion bill, the analysis is focused on the response from the constitutional court, describing the situation as political. The coronavirus impact on Colombia is clearly described from am economical stance. And finally, the Venezuelan refugee crisis is described as a social issue that requires the attention of the international community.