The Country of the Future
Witnessing here in Brazil the political upheaval— the image of Lula being interrogated, the preparations for a Sunday march against Dilma and a counter-protest by the PT— I’m reminded of the slogans coined by locals to make sense of this country of extreme grandeur and misery.
Read MoreFor Territorial Peace, Territorial Justice
We are already hearing more elaborate proposals about how the implementation of the agreements with the FARC should work.
Read MoreBogotá Suspicious of Everyone
Everything seems to indicate that since Enrique Peñalosa entered as Bogotá’s mayor, we are all suspect of having committed a crime.
Read MoreColombia’s Exploding Tourist Industry
Tourism in Colombia has grown significantly and seems only to accelerate: in the last decade the number of tourist visa entries have doubled, with an increase of 16.3% in only the last year.
Read More“Why Does TransMilenio Not Work?” (Remastered Version)
The discontent of users is growing: in 2015 the satisfaction dipped to 19% and 89% of riders thought that the service had not improved.
Read MoreRethinking our Political Cartography
Even if one tries, it is difficult to imagine a political division more irrational than the one we have in the Middle Magdalena region and in part explains its precarious governability and its acute problems of violence.
Read MoreThe Other Victims
My father, Jaime García Isaza, died last Tuesday in Medellin, after being run over by a motorcycle on San Juan Street.
Read MoreTwo Democracies
This week in Bogotá and Ibagué, it was clear that the government is split between two different conceptions of democracy.
Read MorePost-Conflict in Colombia: The Promise of Justice
Delivering justice after a war is always a difficult task. The Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia stands out for having been negotiated and not imposed.
Read MoreSmearing Protests: The Case of E24
The E24 Movement has called for a protest and the government has responded with stigmatization. This is not acceptable in a democracy that seeks greater inclusion through peace.
Read MorePolitical participation and armed conflict
The proposals of political participation of FARC have received harsh criticism. The target has not only been the most controversial and maximalist proposals, such as the call for a constituent assembly or the whole reformation of the state.
Read MoreTo recover the land to die for it?
The more than 100 rulings on land restitution are a step forward, but threats to complainants and related deaths put this process at risk.
Read MoreFrom Rio to Catatumbo there are many differences
In his Op-Ed in El Espectador, César Rodríguez Garavito points out some lessons about the “Brazilian spring”, which according to him, could be useful for the Colombian case. But Rodriguez’s optimism and intense emotion contrast with the public perception regarding the protests led by farmers in Catatumbo.
Read MoreAn eye on privacy
In an imperceptible but safe way, others’ lives are becoming public or property of the state, thanks to Internet.
Read MorePeace, law and rights
A peace agreement will be very difficult, almost impossible, if FARC believes that the peace process is merely a political issue without legal limitations.
Read MoreEquality, not favors
Quotas in favor of women are not a favor, but instead a way to guarantee real equality of women in the political sphere.
Read MoreDawn for Cordoba’s great women
Dawn was breaking on June 29th in San Pelayo. The dark blue of the night dissapears and makes way to a score of bands dragging rivers of locals and visitors.
Read MoreRelocating legal general inspectors
The legal inspector generals are redundant and expensive posts. Therefore these should be suppressed or at least radically reduced.
Read MoreThe South American spring, from Brazil to Colombia
If the cordial Brazilians woke up, why the nonconformist Colombians do not protest?
Read MoreMany dummies and few organized crime barons
During the discussion of the new Penitentiary Code, the two most talked about problems of the penal system have been the impunity and overpopulation in prisons. A recent study carried out by Dejusticia shows that these two issues might be related and that strategies exist to overcome them jointly: the efforts of the criminal policy must be addressed to research and sanction what is most grave.
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