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Both claimants and bureaucrats are at risk. Thus policy makers cannot take the position that they ought to be more "austere" in instituting protection measures.

Beef and cattle milk production alone account for over sixty percent of these agriculture-related emissions.

Francisco de Paula Gómez, president of the multinational pharmaceutical association (Afidro), complains about the published articles in El Espectador regarding the questionable practices of his affiliates, which have contributed to inordinately high prices for medicine in Colombia.

Eduardo Posaba Carbó heavily criticized what I said a couple weeks ago about July 20th.

Wars can be triggered with ease, even with enthusiasm. However, peace is hard-won only after enormous suffering which can often be avoided.

While Rafael Correa’s administration has strengthened the economy, it has concentrated power in the executive and persecutes judges and opponents according to a study by Dejusticia, DPFL, and IDL.

If the Minister Alejandro Gaviria leaves his office on August 7th, everything indicates that it would be for the same reason that caused the retirement of his predecessor Beatriz Lodoño: pressure from multinational pharmaceutical companies' and their governments, discontent with measures implemented to control medicines' high prices.

The existence of a permanent court to investigate and prosecute those most responsible for crimes that would normally remain in impunity is an important step forward.

Last Sunday President Santos convened Congressional sessions and said that "balance of power reform" would be a priority.

Uribism has opposed itself to the peace process by invoking victims' rights and the fight against impunity.

The accumulation of small and repeated daily violations makes life in a free and democratic society seem much more like a life in a dictatorship. I will illustrate this claim with a few real-life examples that I have been witness to in the past couple days.

Recently, the international community has demonstrated interest in the legal and political debate regarding the viability of historical reparations and their implementation.