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Two intelligence reports that entangle Donald Trump with the Russians have just been published: the Russian hacking against Hillary Clinton and the espionage against Trump from the Kremlin. Both reports have different origins and credibility, but once again, they reflect the black clouds threatening the neighborhood. 

Days after the Brexit vote, the economist Kenneth Rogoff publicly opposed referendums and plebiscites like the British one on the European Union or the Colombian one on the peace accord. 

"The paramilitaries enter, two weeks later, the FARC enters, and kills half the town." This is how Maxima, a black woman in the Committee for the Rights of the Bojayá Victims, summarizes what happened on May 2, 2002.

An independent Judicial Branch is essential for the construction of a peaceful country, especially in this polarized environment. Thus, judicial decisions regarding peace must be juridically solid and cannot filtrate without being adopted.

I have learned that at some point, the human rights perspective is not enough to push the right forward. Instead, the time has come to collaborate more closely with tech-oriented background actors, such as the Open Government Data Movement.

The Oxford dictionaries chose “post-truth” as the 2016 word to emphasize that objective facts and the truth had become less important in the political discussion and elections than the so called appeals to emotions and personal beliefs. 

On Friday, December 30th, the government promulgated Law 1820 of 2016 or the Amnesty, Pardon, and Special Treatment Law. This law was published as the first project that used the constitutional reform known as fast track for projects related to the implementation of the peace process. 

Let's pretend that it is 2025 and we can already scan brains to know, for instance, if their owners have been trained by ISIS. 

The year that ends will be for many bitterly remembered.

This year began with serious corruption news in soccer, in Petrobras and in the food supply of La Guajira. With the passing of months, things did not change.

In this op-ed, I will take the liberty of making two recommendations to those who want to take advantage of the holidays to listen or repeat two powerful and inspiring speeches. For me, the best two speeches given this year.