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I have never understood why the solidarity and compassion based on equality that inspires the Left usually stops short when the victims are not people but rather animals.

The traditional division between work and roles assigned in rural communities have made it so that women historically have had little to no access to property or land.

If violations don’t care about borders, the tools to address violations should not be limited by them.

How is it possible for communities such as these to be so rich in land, and yet lack the most basic of infrastructure?

Sometimes crucial change occurs silently. While the rest of the country debated the minutia of the balance of powers reform, the Government paid its two-decade old debt to indigenous communities: the promise of the 1991 Constitution to grant them the right to administer their territories and organize their affairs with greater autonomy. Without much ceremony, a decree with an unforgettable number (1953) took this past October 7th a memorable step towards the restoration of full citizenship rights to indigenous peoples.

Ebola was discovered in 1976 and since then has had a score of outbreaks, always with high death rates.

Looking over the news this week I paused to read four ostensibly unrelated news stories, each one discussing events in different parts of the world.

In October 2013, there were 9,703 active mining titles in all of Colombia, spread among 5,797 natural and legal persons.

If the debate about the "Super Court" that would judge judges and high-level bureaucrats is so terrible, it is because it encapsulates some of the most complex problems of constitutional design.

In order to make transparency a reality, we not only need the government's political will but also citizens' demand and pressure.

The unfortunate process of the justice reform from two years ago leaves us with a fundamental lesson: if a reform proposal seeks to change many parts of the Constitution but lacks a clear unifying principle, it creates an institutionally risky situation, at least for the following three reasons.

The Law 1488 of 2011 contains two important and closely related principles that refer to the law's implementation.