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In Colombia, elections tend not to lead to big social or political changes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Victory for the black community in their struggle for their territory.

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.

Jose Gasper Francia was a Paraguayan president who governed during the first part of the XIX Century.

As human rights activists we should think about how to frame the message so it carries the hope of justice and calls for action, either to provide relief to the victims or to change underlying conditions for the future.

The court decision against the Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Center in the Amazon shows that, when it comes to protecting animals, the laws of the jungle rule in Colombia.

A little more than two decades ago you could be arrested and put in jail for up to 30 days if you were caught carrying or smoking marihuana. You could be jailed for up to a year if you were caught a second time.

There are star soccer players who have made amazing plays outside the field. In extreme and tragic situations they displayed audaciously human gestures without concern for the risks. Now that the World Cup is getting closer, it is worth remembering these other plays by some of the greatest soccer players.