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Referendum sentence
The referendum has its days counted. Carried by the weight of its own vices, it is in freefall in the Constitutional Court while fulfilling the only law that it has not infringed: that of gravity.
Read MoreMaster’s and PhD degrees
In Colombia, agreements to ensure academic mediocrity without leaving the oratory of excellence are common. Especially now that obtaining master’s and PhD degrees became fashionable.
Read MoreAnalysis announced by Rodrigo Uprimny in his op-ed.
The flaws and legal misunderstandings of the Inspector General’s concept regarding presidential re-election.
Read MoreThe Inspector General and electoral guarantees
IN MY PREVIOUS OP-ED I criticized the Inspector General’s concept in regards to the re-election referendum due to his analysis of the breach of the funding caps in the collection of signatures. Several readers asked me to discuss other defects of the concept.
Read MoreHaiti and global prevention of disasters
There is something that can be added to the reflections and actions that have derived from the Haitian tragedy: the lack of coordination to meet the victims’ needs and the sense of lawlessness on the island.
Read MoreStudents as informers
I AM convinced that one of the worst faults of our society is indifference, if not complacency, when facing criminals.
Read MoreYoung informers, students at risk
Rodrigo Uprimny, Dejusticia’s Executive Director, is quoted as a source in explaining the situation resulting from President Uribe’s announcement of students as informers.
Read MoreA plan against racism
THE CURIOUS photo of President Uribe receiving in his farm the U.S. State Deputy, James Steinberg, has filled up the newspapers these days. What has not been discussed is an agreement signed at the meeting which may be significant for millions of Afro-Colombian and indigenous discrimination victims.
Read MoreToo many fines and few collection
These days, I took a cab to go downtown. The driver was one of those who like to talk. He asked me if I had news of the strike. What strike?, I said. The transport strike, he replied.
Read MoreProhibition equals regression
Colombia has recently made an amendment to the Constitution which bans the carrying and use of personal doses of narcotics. This report shows the changes involved in this reform and assesses the main implications, at least, at policy level
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