Now that political participation is being discussed in Havana, FARC proposed to radically reform the structure of the state, build a political system based on popular organizations and to countersign all this through a constitutional assembly.

In 1974 Marc Galanter wrote a notorious article about how justice operates in the Unites States. Its title in Spanish could be something like: Why do rich people always win? Throughout this text, Galanter shows how a litigation depends less on the judges and the laws than of the lawyers: the greater prestige and wealthiness of the lawyers, the easier to win lawsuits.

Last week I was in Cartagena, along with a foreign colleague. We were assisting an academic event.

This country's inspector general is known for his strong religious convictions, which, according to himself, enlighten his public and private life.

As it is known, Ruth Mariana Díaz, president of the Supreme Court, was granted permission to travel in a cruise across the Caribbean, along with judges of the tribunal that depend on her vote to be accepted in the Supreme Court.

The state must act to break the cycle of attacks, abuses and threats committed against the Wiwa indigenous population of the mountain range of Santa Marta.

In Colombia there are many protagonists of the politic debate that those who are not with them are their enemies. A perfect example of this can be seen in the declarations that were given this week by Jose Obdulio Gaviria about the general Naranjo, in which he suggests that this has connections with the mafia.

Three decades ago a large part of public services were provided by the State. This was the case for health, mail and telecommunications. When the service was bad (something that frequently occurred) people protested before government and, sometimes, when there were many protests, it became a politicized issue and was subject of public debate. These protests and debates led to the privatization of these services. Today, after many years of experience with the new private model, things do not seem to have changed substantially. The financial voracity of private interests and a weak state capacity to control them has created a situation similar to the previous one.

Some yeeks ago I wrote an Op-Ed about how difficult it was to achieve lasting consensus in the country. Then Eduardo Posada Carbó answered by saying that is was false divisive nagging. I answered ,in another Op-Ed, by accusing him of making a simplistic reading of my point of view and he, in turn, answered accusing me more or less of the same.