Nueva Venecia (New Venice) is one of the three river towns of the Great Marsh of Santa Marta, and its future is at stake in the face of high environmental risks.

The deaths of Wayúu boys and girls have been reported for several years to epidemiological monitoring systems, and were known to local and national officers. But the grief for their deaths was not picked up by the microphones.

The sentence of the Constitutional Court that approved the Plebiscite for Peace (PPP), despite having some debatable aspects, is well balanced and reasonable, to the extent, that in some ways, it could be considered a doubly pacifying decision. 

It is regrettable that Vivian Morales, a serious politician and former General Attorney, has lost sight of the right of same-sex couples to adopt. 

The principal objections to the peace accords of La Habana, voiced not only by the political party Centro Democrático, but also by parts of Colombian society, seem to be essentially about the political participation of the FARC and the lack of prison terms for them.

We live in an era of complex problems: climate change, mass migration, growing global inequality, haphazard terrorism.

Congress must implement effectively the framework for investigation and prosecution of the Prosecutor and high court magistrates.

Congresswoman Ángela Hernández, from the department of Santander, has become the national spokesperson for homophobia, attempting to stop the Constitution from finally reaching schools.

In the two previous entries, I have written about forgiveness and the informal mechanisms to solve conflict. I would like to dedicate this last entry to thinking about economic development after conflict based on the Rwandan experience. The story of this country made me think about two things relevant to the Colombian case: the need to link the economy and politics and the importance of facing inequality, which can worsen after war.