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Five myths about the indigenous of Cauca
Judging from the Cauca discussion, the ones with the mythical thinking are not the indigenous, but those who require they be “put in place” with arguments that would be convincing in a Bogotá cocktail, but are completely unaware of the reality of the Nasa and other indigenous peoples. To advance the negotiations in good time convened by the government, it is important to dismantle the myths.
Read MoreThe election of secretaries of the Congress is public
Contrary to the contention of the President of the Senate Juan Manuel Corzo, the election of the secretaries of the House and Senate should not be secret but has to be public and nominal.
Read MoreIlva Myriam Hoyos and the judicial virtues
The State Council should not propose Ilva Myriam Hoyos as a judge for the Constitutional Court, not for her conservative and religious philosophy, but because she lacks some essential virtues to be a good constitutional judge.
Read MoreWho doensn’t risk, gains nothing or how to contribute to transparency
Comments on the draft law on transparency and access to public information recently approved in Congress.
Read MorePossibility of objections unfounded? (with a necessary clarification)
In a great article in El Espectator, my colleague and friend of the Universidad Nacional, Juan Gabriel Gomez Albarello, sharply critics my position.
Read MoreConsumerism, happiness, and environment
The video of the Uruguayan José Mujica scolding his fellow presidents at the summit of Rio +20 has traveled the world. A speech full of simple questions, the kind that occur to a man who donates 90% of his salary because the rest is enough to sustain his simple life on a farm and get to work on a Volkswagen Model 87.
Read MoreHow is peace going
Latest report by International Crisis Group on BACRIM.
Read MoreThe dangers of the revocation of the Congress
From outrage to cool head.
Read MoreQuota Act in Colombia: Progress and challenges ten years of Act 581 of 2000
This paper explores the effects of the Quota Act in Colombia (Act 581 of 2000). In this sense, it shows that, after ten years of its entry into force, the Quota Act has shown many important instrumental and symbolic effects. However, it hasn’t been fulfilled in a comprehensive way and, in fact, many of its errands have had poor compliance.
Read MoreA black hole in the constitutional reforms
That catastrophe was the so-called justice reform revealed that besides the political responsibility of some key players, there are rules on the operation of Congress to allow things like that happen.
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