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There were no tanks attacking the civil institutions, which characterized previous coups. But in Venezuela there was a coup d'état, which intends to be judicially legalized, but that nevertheless is a democratic rupture.

In every society there must be clarity about the difference between what is inside and what is outside the political debate. The decisions that the Government makes in economic, educational or health matters, for example, make part of the first.

Despite the interests and passions at stake, we must accept and debate with arguments the decision of the inhabitants of Cajamarca to ban mining and protect the water and agricultural interests of their municipality.

Our Venezuelan brothers and sisters are migrating to Colombia in search of a dignified life. The authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro is creating the worst humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.

Clemenceu once said that war is too serious a matter to leave to the military alone. I also believe that the Constitution is too serious a matter to leave to the constitutional courts alone.

Last Friday at 11 pm, a friend who I was with received a call from two of her friends who told her they were being taken to the UPJ for having a beer in the Park of the Hippies in Bogotá