Issue-Rule of Law
Antioquia is offended
The Antioquia that the former president Uribe says is offended with the satire of Samper Ospina is the uncompromising and unscrupulous Antioquia.
Read MoreHumor against power
The slander of former President Uribe against Daniel Samper Ospina shows that satire is becoming more and more uncomfortable, as more left and right-wing populist multiply.
Read MoreConstituting a black hole
The Constituent Assembly proposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will consume what remains of democracy in Venezuela. It will also make Maduro a dictator who will control all the powers of the state. The international community must vigorously oppose it.
Read MoreHacked
Governments have taken advantage of a legal and informative vacuum to turn their critics’ cell phones into surveillance devices. It is essential to update the legislation and require government entities to disclose how they use electronic surveillance systems.
Read MoreJudicial impartiality
By not recusing himself from voting on a fast track ruling, Justice Bernal violated his judicial duties and placed the Court and the country in a difficult situation: the possibility of revoking the sentence increases legal uncertainty and political polarization.
Read MoreThe easy case of Justice Bernal
The case of Justice Bernal, who would be unable to vote in a fast track ruling, is easy: it should lead to the nullity of that sentence.
Read MoreThe luck of prohibition: Bloomsday
The history of art is plagued with censorship. Ulysses, by the Irish author James Joyce, was banned for more than ten years and went to trial three times for being considered obscene.
Read MoreDangerous arbitration
The investment treaty with France, which provides clauses of arbitration and indirect expropriation, was approved during a third debate in Congress. The treaty could be approved in the next few days without much analysis or discussion. And it should not be so because the risk of these treaties is enormous.
Read MoreDangers without a warning
There are high risks with minimal concerns, like when you fall in the bathroom, and low risks with high concerns, like a terrorist attack. In Colombia there is a very high danger accompanied by a minimal concern: every year, accidents on public roads take the lives of 5,000 bystanders.
Read More“Ask the President …”
Accountability and transparency, a requirement to avoid corruption, is an activity of daily openness that every official must fulfill. Even when it comes to giving answers that are not worthy of a public entity, let alone the one responsible for ensuring transparency, such as the Office of Procurator-General.
Read MoreDaydreaming
At this point, with a few hours left until it is time for the traditional grapes and apple cider, the risk-takers have made all the political predictions for next year. Some have already re-elected Santos, other have reached a peace agreement, elected a new Congress and formed parliamentary coalitions.
Read MoreJustice and State Legitimacy
In “The City of God”, San Agustin tells the story of how Alejandro Magno captured a pirate and asked him why he robbed in the seas.
Read MoreSearching for the Leader of the Year
2013 is ending. It is time to recap the year´s events. Media organizations are making their lists of the best and worst of the year in opinion pieces and articles.
Read MoreWith Three Articles
It is possible to limit the greater institutional risks of the Inspector General’s Office and the worst personal excesses of Inspector General Ordóñez without changing the Constitution; we just need a short law with three articles.
Read MoreThe Inspector General’s Short-sightedness
The Inspector General thought that he was playing an ace of diamonds when he removed Petro from office. But this play may lead him to loose the hand.
Read MoreIntimacy in the Digital Age
Don’t let them persuade you that your privacy is worth less on the Internet. The general rule is that everyone has a right to intimacy, an abstract area reserved by the law for oneself, ones friends and family.
Read MoreRe-election, Peace and Democracy
A closer look at the dates when high-level government officials will be chosen reveals the enormous concentration of power that the re-election of President Santos could bring. The balance of power must be re-established and there are concrete ways of accomplishing this.
Read MoreWho Would Want to be a Public Official?
The removal from office of the Financial Superintendent is yet another sign of the excessive power of the Inspector General’s Office.
Read MoreAre the Five Eyes being Short-sighted?
A new United Nations resolution could put a brake on the large scale espionage carried out by countries like the United States.
Read MoreThe Ways of Democracy
Once again, the Constitutional Court announced a decision that shook up the political power in Colombia and it positioned itself, again, as the arbitrator of political positions on a highly controversial issue that is fundamental to Colombian institutions.
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