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The Guardians of the Future

The indigenous communities of the park Yaigojé-Apaporis, in the south of Colombia, deserve to be among the figures of the year for their work against mining and in defense of mother earth.
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Education and Equity

The Saber exam results 11 disclosures in the past weeks are not very encouraging.
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Addicted to Carbon

Earlier I wrote that the environmental policies of the Colombian government are schizophrenic: while it promises at the UN to end deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 2020, it announces that it will open the region to mining in 2022; a few months after committing to the OECD's environmental recommendations, it approves "express licenses" that contradicts them.
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Fertilizer Cartel?

After the discovery of the toilet paper cartel last week, it is easier to distrust and question the pricing behavior of other sectors in Colombia.
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Afrocaucana Women’s Voices

The Afrocaucana women's mobilization exposes a conflict in which legal and illegal actors vie for natural resources in the ancestral lands of ethnic groups.
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South-South Migration

Regional governments should start by accepting the existence of racism, and reject that because of the mestizo character of the population we do not have problems of racism
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The Right Degree of Judicial Independence

This is the title of Professor Owen Fiss' well-known article which shows that judicial independence (IJ) is complex as it has at least thee dimensions, which are essential to consider separately in order to avoid the erroneous conclusion that democratic IJ should be absolute.
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The Mail of Dishonor

In one of the most difficult moments of the French Revolution (September 1793), when Robespierre feared that his political project would topple, the revolutionary government promulgated a law that identified suspects as "all those who due to their behavior, relationships, intent, or writings, reveal themselves in favor of federalism and as enemies of liberty."
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Ten Years out of the Closet

Perhaps there is no story more encouraging for human rights than that of the LGBTI movement in the last decade.
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Do We Know Why There Is an Unbalance of Power in the Judiciary?

Last week the legislature approved in third debate the reform of re-balance of powers and institutional adjustment initially proposed by the government and amended with various congressmen's projects.
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Digital Violence

With the increasing use of the Internet and social media new forms of violence against women has emerged.
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Righting Wrongs: The Case for Socioeconomic Rights

These numbers not only present an economic opportunity, but also a moral challenge.
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