Thinking about it Twice
Last week President and presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos said that he would think twice before giving the order to get rid of FARC commander Timochenko.
Read MoreComing Back to Patience
In the last couple of weeks I have been out of the country with little access to the news, and I have been learning about what is happening by reading yeterday´s newspaper.
Read MoreThank You Daniel
I learned to read the newspaper with Daniel Samper Pizano, with his columns and his delicious articles.
Read MoreThe case of Alonso Salazar: the State Council Scolds the Inspector General
Two years after being removed from office by Inspector General Ordóñez, the State Council decided in favor of former Medellin mayor Alonso Salazar. His case and the arguments he made could set an important precedent with important repercussions.
Read MoreCrop spraying and the Precautionary Principle
A State Council decision issued on December 11, 2013, which is very important but that went unnoticed, leads one to conclude that we should suspend fumigations using glyphosate because it violates the precautionary principle.
Read MoreThe Lies about Accessing HIV-AIDS Treatment
Instead of automatically accessing the tiered price that Abbott had globally committed to, for Colombia as well as Ecuador, it took the mobilization of HIV patients, public health advocates and government intervention to finally get the price they were in theoretically entitled to.
Read MoreA new world is possible
Every day I like good documentaries more and more; I like them almost as much as I like good movies.
Read MorePeace or Justice? An Old Yet Current Dilemma
Amnesties and other dilemmas of how to obtain justice in times of transitions are far from being a concern of only a few violent countries in the Global South, and unfortunately, they are far from being a topic of the past.
Read MoreMembers of Congress by Chance
Senators Bernardo Ñoño and Musa Besaile, from Córdoba, recieved 140,000 and 145,000 votes respectively in this past election.
Read MorePopular Consultations in Latin America
As the use of consultations has grown alongside strong citizen rejection of extractivism, there has also been an increase of government and business efforts to stop them.
Read MoreA Court without autonomy?
Whoever says the referendum case has been resolved by the Constitutional Court does not know how this Court operates.
Read More“Uribe is a clear demonstration of Turbay’s survival”
Mauricio García Villegas and Javier Eduardo Revelo, researchers of Dejusticia, documented the impacts of Uribe’s first re-election in Colombia’s democracy.
Read MoreStudy indicates Government influences eight State institutions.
“Mayorities without democracy”, a research done by the Center for the Studies of Law, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia), demonstrates how power has concentrated in the last eight years of Uribe’s two presidential term.
Read MoreLet “Mariamulata” alone
Cartagena makes news again. This time it’s not the trivial beauty pageant that draws our attention but, instead, Judith Pinedo’s (Mariamulata) administration in the City Hall.
Read MoreThe impotence of words
In society and people’s life there’s unfortunate moments in which differences and conflicts are resolved through aggression. Hence, usually the strongest or the one with more power wins.
Read MoreThe right to judicial independence
In situations such as the referendum, the judicial power’s prestige is at risk. Because of this, the judges responsibility is superlative.
Read MoreThe Attorney General’s election and its difficulties.
Many Colombians must be annoyed by the confrontation between the Supreme Court and the President over the election of the Attorney General. Yet, the issue is very important.
Read MoreObama’s Vietnam
Last week, Stanley McChrystal, US military commander in Afghanistan, sent President Obama a report which concluded that the situation was getting worse every day. In it, he warned Obama about insurgency growth, population mistrust of troops, and the necessity of increasing the number of soldiers in order to avoid failure.
Read MoreThe political “travestis”
Some columnists have called those congressman that changed political party as “travestis”. Unfortunately, it is an innappropriate term
Read MoreThe Presidents short lists of candidates
President Uribe’s authoritarian personality has multiple synthoms. Sometimes it’s a flash of anger while in other its an abusive government style.
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