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It is well known that the management of President Santos is prudent and allows disagreements between ministers. The style has advantages because it explores options and encourages a healthy diversity.

The constitutional control of the Police Code is absolutely necessary to prevent arbitrariness against citizens , to which the Congress of the Republic left us exposed.

In the current global context, hopelessness can only be overcome through local leadership, which through concrete actions on a daily basis restores community ties and prevents the promotion of polarization.

It is not coherent for the ELN to say it respects international humanitarian law (IHL) and seeks peace negotiations that meet the aspirations of Colombian society while it keeps practicing kidnapping for ransom.

Countries such as Colombia try to follow the path that developed countries took in their civilization process. That is fine, however, in that attempt, countries import the technology but leave aside the culture (coordination and self-regulation of the users) that the adequate operation of that technology requires.

It is unacceptable that an economic group uses its media outlets to restrict freedom of expression and silence critics of one of its companies.

In the 21st century, homophobia shows its worst face in Chechnya. 100 homosexuals have been hunted as animals by the authorities and three of them were killed.

Our precarious civic trust hinders collective action and hampers the development and consolidation of democracy.

In times of an upside down world , achieving global conversations is an urgent challenge. This is suddently a new opportunity to build a global united front for a new world in which other forms of life are included.

In Havana, the agreement did not only lay out the number of hectares to be eradicated, but also the means to make it possible and sustainable in order to achieve that "stable and lasting" peace that is called for in the final agreement.

In addition to the threat of populism, human rights face another distinct, yet related phenomenon: the shrinking of civil society spaces around the world.

Those who opposed the Peace Accord, and particularly the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, have all the right to criticize it. But they do not have the right to lie in order to mislead public opinion.