The Duty Not to Fumigate
In asking for the suspension of aereal fumigations with glifosate, the Health Ministry not only folowed scientific findings, but also legal duties and elemental principles of public policy.
Read MoreWill Land Restitution Wait 10 or 500 years?
The land restitution debate needs to progress. The researcher Francisco Guitérrez has already sensibly and with solid arguments responded to Benedetti’s contentions in 2013. The discussion that should have taken place in Congress through the four years of the law’s implementation should have been centered on the effectiveness of land restitution following the ruling.
Read MoreConnecting the Dots in Egypt
It is important to develop a clear understanding of the correlation between the crackdown on civil liberties and the predominance of non-inclusive economic policies.
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Everywhere
Violence and apathy toward the black population has been a historical constant since colonial times.
Read MoreLet’s Be Serious: Popular Consultations for Mining Projects Are Viable
Before the Piedras popular consultation, one had never been done before, but that does mean they were not obligatory, and even less that they are not legal.
Read MoreEnsuring Illegality
The Attorney General has the right, as a person, to be against euthanasia, but it is illegitimate for him to abuse his powers to impose his religious views. This is exactly what he did by presuring the Ministry of Health to not fulfill an order given by the Constitutional Court about euthanasia.
Read MoreTeachers’ Pay
In a just society, merit and effort are reflected in a person’s pay for his or her job. This idea is illustrated in a famous quote from Bill Clinton: “if you work hard and don’t break the rules, you can expect the country to give you an opportunity to a decent life and that your kids will have a better life than you did.”
Read MoreSurprises in Express Decrees
Many have correctly criticized the “express compilation” of norms that the Ministry of Environment promulgated last week, a hefty volume of 732 pages that although seeks to replace all the decrees in the matter, was released only three days prior to the end of the period for comments.
Read MoreDo We Want Peace?
The call by a significant portion of society to intensify attacks agains the FARC and suspend peace talks in Havana contradicts our indignation in the face of violence and wish for building peace.
Read MoreWho Is Who?
An important question for policies regarding racial and ethnic diversity is who is who?
Read MorePoliticians, reading and literature
SHOULD A POLITICIAN, especially if he/she aspires to be president, be a good reader, even an intellectual?
Read MoreAbuses of the Secretariat for Mobility
The story I relate below happened in real life. You judge if I am wrong in saying that the Secretariat ofr Mobility committed an abuse.
Read MoreIn memory of Alvaro Camacho
What separated me from Alvaro Camacho Guizado was his incomprehensible passion for Millionarios (soccer team), but I was drawn close to him due to the admiration I had since I was very young for the way this great scholar, who died unexpectedly and prematurely last week, could analyze, with rigor and passion, essential issues to Colombia, such as drug trafficking, violence, public safety, and recovery of historical memory.
Read MoreThe photo of the( afro) year
With ironic timing, Hola magazine closes the international year for people of African descent with a photo of two black maids (that is what they are in the image), stationed as ornaments in the margins of the scene where their white patrons- “the most powerful women in the Cauca Valley”, according to Hola- pose in front of the pool of their” formidable Hollywood mansion.”
Read MoreSantos and Corzo: petrol problems
How is the President of the Congress similar to the President of the Republic?
Read MoreTo reduce informality: equitable education
The new Minister of Labour should be one of the most interested in supporting the requirements of the student movement.
Read MoreBlind judicial reform?
Wouldn’t it be better to strive for reliable information and a solid diagnosis of our judicial system rather than blindly reform it?
Read MoreTrans-forming public policy
In a recent ruling, the Constitutional Court acknowledges the widespread discrimination against trans people and ordered a LGBTI national public policyI.
Read MoreDignified and decent work in Colombia
Labor issues occupy a priority place in social concerns. In countries like Colombia, there is a close connection between social security and labor relations. For this reason it has been argued that policies aimed at creating decent work are the best way to make social policy.
Read MoreHappily adopted but sadly separated
Two Colombian brothers aged 9 and 13 who were abandoned small and lived in very difficult conditions, were lucky to find an American who adopted them and loves them. It was a story that seemed happy but suddenly became sad, since several months ago the children have been separated from his father by the ICBF.
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