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Why vote in favor a plebiscite that would allow the FARC to participate in politics? Because the end goal of democracy is to replace violence with elections. As Bobbio said, democracy is the only system in which citizens can get rid of their rulers without spilling blood. 

I agree with Francisco Gutiérrez's warning about the excessive confidence displayed by the YES supporters regarding the peace plebiscite. 

It is programs in which adolescents are treated as subjects of rights that welcome solutions to the rise of youth violence, not the heavy-handed response of criminal responsibility.

We are witnessing the greatest demonstration of national bullying against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans and intersex people that we can recall in recent years. 

Brazil's message during the inaguration of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was powerful: we have to reforest the Earth. In the parade, each athlete received a seed that will be sown in the Deodoro olympic park.

In a disturbed world, the peace process in Colombia awakens hope. Throughout recent history, Colombians have been exporters of bad news rather than hope. It seems that, with the peace process, this is changing.

Publicist Carlos Duque is right when he says tha peace has in some ways been "santified." It is closely linked with the figure of President Santos. This is problematic for at least two reasons. 

In the next few days, the Brazilian lawyer Paulo Abrão will become the new executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This is good news for the region given that his experience will be essential to face the multiple challenges of said organization. 

There are two ways to hide a scandalous statistic, like that of child deaths linked to malnutrition in Colombia. One is to solve the problem. The other one is to hide or retouch the statistics. 

Nueva Venecia (New Venice) is one of the three river towns of the Great Marsh of Santa Marta, and its future is at stake in the face of high environmental risks.

The deaths of Wayúu boys and girls have been reported for several years to epidemiological monitoring systems, and were known to local and national officers. But the grief for their deaths was not picked up by the microphones.

The sentence of the Constitutional Court that approved the Plebiscite for Peace (PPP), despite having some debatable aspects, is well balanced and reasonable, to the extent, that in some ways, it could be considered a doubly pacifying decision.