Santos and the Left
Some good new from the first round of the presidential election is the notable votes for the democratic Left thanks to the distinguished campaign of Clara Lopez.
Read MoreImperfect Peace or Perpetual War?
These presidential elections went from being boring to being decisive. The peace process is one of its most crucial and divisive topics, not just because its outcome will profoundly effect our future as a nation, but because the candidates have opposing views about it.
Read MoreInflection Point
In Colombia, elections tend not to lead to big social or political changes.
Read MoreReforming the Justice System during Elections
Next Sunday, the first round, according to surveys, of the presidential election will take place in our country. The election is anxiously awaited by many people in Colombia.
Read MoreLand to Honor the Ancestors
On the afternoon of Tuesday May 13th, Ever de la Rosa Morales, representative of the Community Council of the Islands of Rosario–Orika Homestead, celebrated an important victory for him and 300 other families. After eight years of struggles and waiting, the INCODER notified him that the collective title of the part of the islands where he and other Afro-Colombians live had been granted.
Read MoreWho to Vote Against
Although it sounds improbable, the video showing the public lie and the grave crime Oscar Ivan Zuluaga has committed may not be enough to shut the door to the presidency for Uribe’s party.
Read MoreWho is Responsible for Conserving Protected Areas?
The Yasuni model offers reciprocity and recognition of the ecological debt of industrialized countries by asking the international community pay for the reduction of carbon emissions, the protection of bio-diversity and possibly mitigating grave consequences.
Read MoreThe Fight for the Islands
Victory for the black community in their struggle for their territory.
Read MoreThe Justice of Uribism
Alvaro Uribe is a former president and a senator-elect, but this does not mean he is not a citizen like the rest of us.
Read MoreCaudillo Warriors
Jose Gasper Francia was a Paraguayan president who governed during the first part of the XIX Century.
Read MoreJudicial independence and democracy
The visit of Gabriela Knaul de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, to Colombia is an excelent opportunity for us to think about this issue which affects us all.
Read MoreThe importance of the Attorney General
The confrontation between the Supreme Court and the President over the election of the Attorney has been going on for several months and it may appear to be a boring soap opera. Yet, the issue is extremely serious due to the consequences it has for the country.
Read MoreIntervention on the constitutionality of the re-election referendum
Intervention in the process taken before the Constitutional Court concerning the constitutionality of the re-election referendum. The intervention requests the Court to declare unconstitutional the law that calls for the referendum mentioned above.
Read MoreLunatic Passion
The campaign “Colombia is Passion” tends to promote an insignificant patriotism of tricolored bracelets and red hearts.
Read MoreSupport of the lawsuit against charging academic rights in primary school.
The Center for the Studies of Law, Justice and Society- DeJusticia- supports the lawsuit that seeks to declare the charges of academic rights in primary school unconstitutional.
Read MoreInternal displacement and local budgets
Neither the local nor the National government are upholding their constitutional duties regarding those who have been internally displaced.
Read MoreWatch your step
Nowadays everybody is talking about Colombia’s dreadful world record on anti-personnel mines.
Read MoreMore is less
Frequently, the excess of something doesn’t give us more of what we wanted but instead takes away from us what we had. This is the case of the “How do I drive?” sign.
Read MoreWomen: unprotected victims
The International Day for the elimination of violence against women is celebrated tomorrow November 25. In this context, the adjustment of the victims and witness protection program is essential since the risks women face still persist.
Read MoreDemo-plutocracy
Abraham Lincoln said “democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people”. With this definition, Lincoln wanted to distance himself from plutocracy, which is the government of the rich for the rich.
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