Victims, Pain and Hope
The topic of the victims is one of the most difficult for the peace process, but victims themselves may the best equipped to confront it.
Read MoreFederalism
Francisco Maturarana’s prestige began to decline when, after a soccer match, he said the famous phrase: “we lost, but we won a little bit.”
Read MoreSafeguarding the Restitution Process
Both claimants and bureaucrats are at risk. Thus policy makers cannot take the position that they ought to be more “austere” in instituting protection measures.
Read MoreCow Farts, Climate Change, and Questions of Equity
Beef and cattle milk production alone account for over sixty percent of these agriculture-related emissions.
Read MoreQuestions for Big Pharma
Francisco de Paula Gómez, president of the multinational pharmaceutical association (Afidro), complains about the published articles in El Espectador regarding the questionable practices of his affiliates, which have contributed to inordinately high prices for medicine in Colombia.
Read MoreShadows of the “Ecuadorian Miracle”
While Rafael Correa’s administration has strengthened the economy, it has concentrated power in the executive and persecutes judges and opponents according to a study by Dejusticia, DPFL, and IDL.
Read MoreEasy War, Difficult Peace
Wars can be triggered with ease, even with enthusiasm. However, peace is hard-won only after enormous suffering which can often be avoided.
Read MoreAbout Our History
Eduardo Posaba Carbó heavily criticized what I said a couple weeks ago about July 20th.
Read MoreOver the Health Minister’s Head?
If the Minister Alejandro Gaviria leaves his office on August 7th, everything indicates that it would be for the same reason that caused the retirement of his predecessor Beatriz Lodoño: pressure from multinational pharmaceutical companies’ and their governments, discontent with measures implemented to control medicines’ high prices.
Read MoreSixteen Years of the Rome Statute: Progress and Concerns
The existence of a permanent court to investigate and prosecute those most responsible for crimes that would normally remain in impunity is an important step forward.
Read MoreThe vote, the fear and the hope
“People respond more to fear than love” said Richard Nixon long ago, explaining why his political campaigns sought to sow doubts and fears in the electorate.
Read MoreVicepresidency and Human Rights policy
The role of the vice president is crucial in the implementation of human rights public policy. Are the current candidates aware of this?
Read MoreWhat Uribe leaves to Afro-Colombians
PAST WEEK BEGAN Afro-Colombians. Although just and necessary, the celebration has become an annual show which leaves them to the black population.
Read MoreDrug trafficking as a crime against humanity?
IN RECENT DAYS, President Uribe stated a new thesis: drug trafficking should be considered a crime against humanity.
Read MoreThe missing: an endless counter
In recent years a system unifies the cases of people who left their homes and never returned for several reasons; but the families of those who, presumably, were forcibly disappeared complain about the requirement to register “presumed death” in order to have access to humanitarian aid.
Read MoreDisabled horse
MANY ARE outraged, rightly, for Uribe’s statements warning that “little effort of a disabled horse” is not sufficient to ensure safety. They denounced, also rightly, illegal invasion in politics that involves the indirect policy against the Green Party candidate, who has suffered worst attacks in these days.
Read MoreIt wasn’t me, it was the State
An “act of state” does not relieve the responsibility of those who, while carrying it out, violate human rights.
Read MoreThe disappeared and the presidential campaign
Forced disappearance is terrible; any given day, a person is violently stolen from its environment and loses all trace.
Read MoreThe sins of the soul
THE CHURCHMAN ALFONSO LLANO IN his column last week, undertook it against those who criticize the Church for its negligent attitude towards pedophile priests.
Read MoreRecognition of missing people as victims is required
A lawsuit of various NGO’s said that the exclusion is “discriminatory and violates the right to equality”.
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