Many Colombians, frustrated over the lack of progress, have lost faith.
"There's a feeling that this part of the industry has been running wild," says Julie Rugg at York University, who was responsible for one of the reviews.A government consultation on the matter is in progress but has lost momentum.
But in the wake of the Mamasapano raid, progress has halted: it has lost at least two sponsors, and members of Congress have been calling for more hearings.The longer-term threat is to Mr Aquino's legacy.
Still, for Jeffrey, progress has been good: he has lost 16 pounds, his mother said, and he is eager to lose more.
But neither Blair nor Brown built on this initial progress, and by now Labour has lost the legitimacy they might have had to take some of the courageous steps that reforming our democracy requires.
If that sounds gloomy rather than simply a matter of fact, it's in part because our culture has become so fixated on the ideals of progress and development that it has lost touch with the cyclical.
The Pentagon, eager to show progress, boasted on Monday that Isis has lost between 25% and 30% of the Iraqi territory it held in 2014.
The South is in fact the least segregated region for black students, though it has lost all the progress it made after 1967, when desegregation efforts peaked, the UCLA report found.
The progress is slow, but has been consistent -- the Islamic State has lost every major conflict, and has never regained major ground once lost.
So often examples of quiet, well-planned progress, they had lost their lead, their place in the FA Cup and their discipline.
