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 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”.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church and the pederasts
It is very important that the Church reports to justice the allegations of sexual abuse by priests so that they can be judged.
Read MoreWhat Uribe leaves to indigenous people
THE MINISTER Valencia Cossio travels to New York to participate in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues which started yesterday. Curious.
Read MorePolo and the Greens
People do not always vote for what is best for them. If so, poor Colombians, who are more than half of the population, would come in droves to vote for the left, which promises a serious social justice policy. Moreover, we know that President Uribe, whose government has favored the rich and very little, if anything, the poor, is more popular in social stratum one and two than in five and six. Then, what reason have the people to vote?
Read More(In)accuracies about the Klein case
Like many Colombians, I share the outrage that Klein, a mercenary who trained paramilitary groups, can not be extradited from Russia.
Read MoreMental conflicts
The opportunistic contradictions of the Government on the existence of an armed conflict affects the victims and the international defense of the state.
Read MoreRemember the past
THIS YEAR US COLOMBIANS elect a new president and also celebrate two hundred years of our independence.
Read MoreUribism against the Constitutional Court
The President’s coalition prepares another assault on the Constitutional Court. Who can defend her?
Read MoreMockus, the Colombian Obama?
At first glance, they couldn’t be more different: Mockus’ arrhythmic paleness seems the antithesis of the charismatic cadence of the African American. But the Mockus phenomenon can be the creole equivalent of the Obama phenomenon. Furthermore, with the appropriate union with Fajardo, it has a chance of ending up like in the U.S.: replacing a venial and polarizer government for a moderate and transparent one.
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