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Judical career and democracy
The civil wars of the XXth century in Colombia where essentially a confrontation between aan armed crowd of public employed
Read MoreThe rectification that wasn’t one
With the half done rectification of the prosecuter Ordóñez, it is clear that he will continue to partially fulfill with the jurisprudence and to miss his functions.
Read MoreWho removed the Minister of heatlh?
The appointment of Alejandro Gaviria as the minister of health has been rightly celebrated. However, no one has asked themselves why his predecessor, Beatriz Londoño, only lasted seven months in office.
Read MoreShortlist of three candidates conformed by one person
In Colombia, conforming shortlists of three candidates to elect high functionaries in a rigged and deceptive way has comed into fashion.
Read MoreMr. Prosecuter: lets debate with height
How unfortunate that the prosecuter Ordóñez avoids, with personal attack, a substantive answer to my last column, where I pointed out that he had violated article 126 od the Constitution.
Read MoreEnvironment for peace
So that the longed for peace may also require a reconciliation among the violentologists. And a more broad politics agenda than the one that is foreseen in the agreement between the Government and the FARC.
Read More¿Should the Prosecuter remove himself from office?
If the Prosecutor Ordóñez judged himself with the same strictness that he has used to apply disciplinary sanctions to other officers, he should remove himself grom office immediately, since it seems that he has infringed article 126 of the Constitution.
Read MoreThe Assange case: some clarifications
The request of extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden and his political asylum in Equator have provoked a lot of debate. However, some of the arguments need some clarifications.
Read MoreThe world turned up side down. The high courts facing the public.
The thread of a complaint and the subsequent attack of the Penal Chamber against Cecilia Orozco is an example of what’s wrong with many magistrates. Their communication with the citizens is upside down: they react in an intese and sometimes disproportionate way before what the media says and they are not really transparent regarding the substantial core of their functions.
Read MoreWho is the one with a disability?
A couple of weeks ago, we received the olympic medallists as heroes. However no one talks about the 39 colombians with disabilities that are competing on the Paralympic Games in London today. No one talks eather about what this silence tells us about the situation of the people with disabilities in the country.
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