Neither the government nor the FARC should break their promise that the eventual peace accord will involve some kind of citizen referendum, that is, that there will be an opportunity for citizens to express their approval or disapproval of the agreement. Indeed, they should take care to ensure there are no ambiguities about this point.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an op-ed in which I talked about the two positions regarding the peace process: on one hand those that want to negotiate with a cool head, taming their hate in order to end the subversive cause; and, on the other hand, those that only want to destroy and kill the enemy.

To understand the problems and options of Colombia today, nothing is better than to look into mercury.

Who oversees the National Police's hacking?

The replacement of Mauricio González in the Constitutional Court provides President Santos with a golden opportunity: decisively achieving greater gender equity in the courts.

Thales of Miletus was the first philosopher of Classical Greece that tried to find the origin of everything; something that could explain what exists. This origin, which he called Arche, he found in water. Everything is made up of water, said Thales, "the earth rests on water, like an island." His disciples later added three elements to this explanation: earth, air, and fire.

The television program Séptimo Día found a curious way of celebrating the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Over three Sundays, through specific denunciations, it aired generalized conclusions so tenuous that it gave the impresion to its thousands of viewers that corruption, alcoholism, sexual violence, guerrilla infiltration, and land grabbing are the rule among indigineous peoples.

"Colombia has an alcohol market, but there is no Pablo Escobar of beer or vodka. And it is not because vodka is better than cocaine, but rather because it is legal," explains Johann Hari.