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The National Museum of Memory: A Moral Duty

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“This is a permanent process of creating memory. These are the pieces of brick that we brought for the construction of this, our memory This painful clay will be transformed, and we will be strengthened in the unity of our dreams” (Reference to Salón del Nunca Más, Granada, Antioquia)

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Defending the Ombudsman’s Office

The forced and late resignation of the Ombudsman opens the possibility for president Santos to unleash a virtious cycle: reinforce a far-reaching institution like the ombudsman's office, regain the prestige of the ombudsman's post, and improve gender equity at the highest levels of government.

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Piketty and Inequality

Professor Thomas Piketty gave a talk this week in the Universidad Externado. The auditorium was packed and what impressed me most was the attendance of a good part of the country's economic and political decisionmakers.

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Lessons of a Resignation

Little comes out of the ex-ombudsman Otálora's resignation if with it the debate about sexual harrassment ends. If there was something good about the scandal, it was the collective indigation and the visibility that it gave to the mistreament that many workers bear in silence, and the sexual harrasment that many women suffer in offices, universities, and other places.

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A World with Hunger

The problem of world hunger is not due to scarcity of food, but rather because of inequality accessing it.

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How Legal Is It to Record Videos of Citizens and Upload Them to the Internet?

Up until the beginning of 2015 Nicolás Gaviria was a common citizen. Unknown. However, thanks to a video that went viral in social media, his story, and above all his iconic phrase "you don't know who I am," became a trending topic.

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#OtáloraQuit?

Dejusticia researchers explain why the Ombudsman should resign from his post.

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Ombudsman Be Decent: Quit

There is enough evidence and arguments for Jorge Armando Otálora to resign from his post as ombudsman. But for that one needs dignity.

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Let’s Discuss Judicial Independence

There are many reports regarding the attacks against judicial independence in the region. But one difficulty that presents itself in discussions on this topic is that everything is lumped into the topic, limiting the analysis about the vulnerabilties that each country has, but also the possibility of debating these seriously.

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