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Some accuse the left of all the evils of Bogotá and harken back to the golden age of Peñalosa as the paradise to which we should return.

The processes of land restitution are complex and what seems like a false complaint could actually be a typical case of displacement included in the Victims Law.

One of the greatest obstacles for Colombians to end our long and cruel internal conflict is that we have a lot of difficulty imagining what it would be like to live in peace.

A few weeks ago the Japanese Minister of Education asked to close the social science programs in more than 60 universitities in his country and replace them for programs "that better respond to society's needs," like engineering or physics.

Pundits used to use the term banana republic to describe countries where an economic sector was above the law, appointed and dismissed public servants, elected congressmen, enacted regulation as it saw fit, and could steel itself against sanctions for illegal activities.

The unjust death of my grandmother has left a great hole in the hearts of those who knew her and a sense of infinite gratitude for what she taught us through her actions.

"We are a same-sex couple of two men in the city of Medellín and through this statement we make a public complaint and express our outrage for the homophobia and physical aggression to which we were victim in one of the businesses in Parque Lleras." This is how Felipe Cárdenas' denouncement began in his Facebook status last week.

This is how old the Magna Carta turned recently, a foundational document of global constitutionalism.

I don't usually express sympathy in this op-ed for a specific political candidate or party.

I found myself returning to mass after a quarter century.