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.

Edward Snowden ended the internet's age of innocence a year ago when he revealed the NSA's secret: it has access to everyone else's secrets.

There is an excess of tax benefits, farmland and certain capital gains are not adequately taxed, public functionaries steal part of taxes paid and there is a high level of tax evasion.

Should 10th and 11th grade students learn to do derivatives and integrals if they dislike it and will not use it again? Would it not be better for these students to instead redirect their efforts to gain basic knowledge of statistics, which in today's world is seemingly necessary in order to be a competent adult?

After seeing two magistrates discharged, the sentencing of a ex-minister and listening to the judges that made these decisions explain themselves on the radio-- all in a matter of weeks-- critics have accused the High Courts of allowing themselves to be trapped by politics. That is to say that the judiciary has become politicized, a negative development. However, what does it mean for the judiciary to be politicized? Is it actually harmful?

All countries have recorded in their histories a great event that serves as the founding myth for their nation.

In the past week many have discussed the Colombian Inpector General Alejandro Ordóñez Maldonado's political fate.