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In the middle of my task as a voting jury, the following imaginary world occurred to me: what would happen if, instead of selecting the elected politicians to Congress that day, we selected a group of voting juries chosen by lottery?

With the “science of attribution,” the Supreme Court of Justice has in its hands the strongest scientific basis by which to decide the lawsuit brought by 25 young people in the coming days. Con la “ciencia de la atribución” la Corte Suprema de Justicia tendrá en sus manos las bases científicas más sólidas para decidir la tutela de los 25 jóvenes en los próximos días.

¿Por qué es más fácil sembrar miedo en los corazones que esperanza? Nos pasó en el plebiscito, nos pasó en la ola verde. No porque los que queremos un país mejor no seamos la mayoría, sino porque los otros son más efectivos con su ruido ensordecedor.

Women have been central in sustaining life in cocalero territories. Today more than ever, in the midst of substitution processes, that role must be protected.

Smart nutrition labelling should aim to have direct effects on consumer choices, and encourage people to ask “Where does my food come from?” before buying it, to favor eating real, healthier and fresher food that truly to nourish them.

Citizen-led initiatives like #VenezuelaBienvenida (#VenezuelaIsWelcome in English) are reassuring, which calls on the country to get involved in the crisis on the side of human rights, to open channels of conversation, while promoting research and action to avoid the festering social rejection of Venezuelans.

Women's Day, which was celebrated on March 8th, is a good time to reflect on the stereotypes and discrimination that women continue to face and that must be overcome.

If there was an index to measure the rage of countries, Colombia would rank among the first. Today, we see a closer manifestation of the Colombian rage in the electoral debate, which is full of insults.

Hundreds of children and adolescents were victims of atrocious crimes during the armed conflict. In this context, the JEP faces the challenge to incorporate a special focus on children in the processes and decisions that it adopts.

Due to its historical importance, some regional media came to photographically record the exhumation process of the corpses. The community saw this kind of action as a violation to their right to live a dignified mourning, which they were not able to have when the massacre first happened.

It is so problematic and telling that Uribe decides, once again, not to follow the rules of the game. He accuses a journalist of "slandering" him through social networks, but not before the judges, as the journalist did and as he should if his argument had a basis.

Despite the fact that we, Colombians, have a certain sentimental nationalism, we lack the capacity to act collectively to undertake large global projects. We must build national cohesion based on a story that unites us within our own diversity.