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What would happen if the interests that govern Colombia were those of the moms that have lost their children in the war?

The integration proposal for the Judicial Government Council (CGJ, after its initials in Spanish), which would replace the discredited Judiciary Council, and which was approved in the seventh congressional debate, is slightly better than what was coming, but it continues to be very bad, as it does not consider that in the judicial government there ought to be independent, external voices beyond judges'.

Last Wednesday I left Bogotá by car towards Nocaima, a small town in western Cundinamarca.

The 83 deaths due to the landslide in Salgar were foretold and preventable. We knew three years ago that the river would overflow earlier rather than later.

Rojas Ríos' return seems to complicate the Constitutional Court's legitimacy. But past lessons from this crisis suggests otherwise.

The reform to the judiciary's governance in the Balance of Powers bill has positive aspects but also some worrying "details," which if not corrected in the finalized bill, not only would hamper its modernizing potential, but also would imply a step back.

The Swiss scientist said once: "Those who believe in progress are destined to lament being born before their time."

Although far from being perfect, the reform to the judiciary that is currently in Congress brings positive and important changes that need to be kept and improved.