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The Senate's decision to prohibit people who have litigated human rights cases against the State from becoming JEP (Special Jurisdiction for Peace) magistrates is grossly unconstitutional.

The Constitutional Court's decision on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace is an important step to leave the explosive mess in which find ourselves in and to begin to consolidate peace.

The unequivocal belief in one's own goodness and the wickedness of the opponent is an obstacle to the construction of a truth as precise as it is inclusive. The historical fact is one, but the experiences and the reasons are multiple. We should start by understanding the interlocutor.

The protection of professional secrecy in abortion cases is a fundamental guarantee for women to exercise their right to terminate a pregnancy. If doctors continue to violate professional secrecy and report on abortion cases, women will continue to be subjected to an inhumane dilemma, having to choose between prison or death.

That the FARC leaders can aspire to be elected before being judged by the JEP is not an arbitrary formula: it allows the former commanders to ensure the cohesion of the guerrilla and its transformation into a political actor.

In Venezuela, a law was passed imposing harsh penalties for those who promote hatred and fascism. Pretending to eradicate hate and impose love is a typical feature of tyranny.

Today started yesterday. Yesterday, November 6, 1985, towards the end of the morning, the massacre began at the Palace of Justice. (Thursday, November 7, 1985, 'Official History of Love', Ricardo Silva Romero).

The randomness of spelling made the acronym of the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) the same Latin word used to draw attention to an error in a text (sic).

The international phenomenon of land grabbing, which in its most recent manifestation already ten years old, could be seen as a form of neocolonialism that connects Global South countries around a common problem and resistance.

In 1956, the scientist Clair Patterson warned that there was an excess of lead in the environment linked to industrial production. Patterson was accused of fundamentalism for warning about the health-related dangers of this metal, just as it happens today with some industries that dismiss scientific evidence.

Five centuries of the Protestant schism and the one hundred years of the communist revolution are celebrated. Will there be revolutions like these in the future? Surely, but they will be very different.

The Independence Festivities of Cartagena affirm our identity and foster the social fabric. Thus, they must remain separate from the National Beauty Contest that obscured them with its media strength.