Santos’ Politico-Judicial Reform
Last Sunday President Santos convened Congressional sessions and said that “balance of power reform” would be a priority.
Read MoreUribism, Peace and Impunity
Uribism has opposed itself to the peace process by invoking victims’ rights and the fight against impunity.
Read MoreMany Small Violations
The accumulation of small and repeated daily violations makes life in a free and democratic society seem much more like a life in a dictatorship. I will illustrate this claim with a few real-life examples that I have been witness to in the past couple days.
Read MoreHistorical Reparations: In International Legal Fantasy?
Recently, the international community has demonstrated interest in the legal and political debate regarding the viability of historical reparations and their implementation.
Read MoreA Year with Snowden
Edward Snowden ended the internet’s age of innocence a year ago when he revealed the NSA’s secret: it has access to everyone else’s secrets.
Read MoreLetter to a Friend That Doesn’t Believe in Taxes
There is an excess of tax benefits, farmland and certain capital gains are not adequately taxed, public functionaries steal part of taxes paid and there is a high level of tax evasion.
Read MoreTrapped by Politics
After seeing two magistrates discharged, the sentencing of a ex-minister and listening to the judges that made these decisions explain themselves on the radio– all in a matter of weeks– critics have accused the High Courts of allowing themselves to be trapped by politics. That is to say that the judiciary has become politicized, a negative development. However, what does it mean for the judiciary to be politicized? Is it actually harmful?
Read MoreCalculus or Statistics?
Should 10th and 11th grade students learn to do derivatives and integrals if they dislike it and will not use it again? Would it not be better for these students to instead redirect their efforts to gain basic knowledge of statistics, which in today’s world is seemingly necessary in order to be a competent adult?
Read MoreThe Inspector General in the Sights of the Council of State
In the past week many have discussed the Colombian Inpector General Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado’s political fate.
Read MoreThe End of the Foolish Fatherland
All countries have recorded in their histories a great event that serves as the founding myth for their nation.
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.
Read MoreEaster and Bicentennial
I THINK THIS YEAR’S EASTER is a good time to think of the Bicentenary of Independence.
Read MoreThe electoral organization in Colombia
One of the key elements to advance towards the consolidation of Colombian democracy is the existence of electoral authorities endowed with the sufficient capacity, transparency, and impartiality to ensure the legality of electoral processes. This document discusses the main weaknesses of the Colombian electoral authorities to review the legality of electoral processes, and presents some ideas for overcoming them.
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