Franciscan Environmentalism (II)
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
I said in the previous op-ed that the new papal encyclical Praise Be To You could infuse the debate about the environmental crisis with some much needed moral impetus.
Among Microfocalization and Other Demons of Land Restitution
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I am unsure if the land restitution process is dying or not, but it is undeniable that it progresses slowly and that it is necessary to start planning from now strategies to make it more agile.
Too Big to Fail? Not in Latin America
By Carolina Villadiego Burbano |
A Hopeful Advance for Equality
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
There aren't many occassions that allow you to have a certain degree of optimism that it is possible to build a freer, more pluralist and just world.
I’m Going to Need Some Identification
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León |
It is increasingly common to find members of the Police with a cellphone or computer on hand, asking people for their national identification to "run a background check."
Franciscan Environmentalism
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Reading the new papal encyclical Praise Be To You, it is clear that Francisco I seeks for climate change what Leon XIII acomplished in Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor, the social issue at the turn of the nineteenth century.
The Borges’ Encyclopedia of the Balance of Power Reform
By Sebastián Lalinde Ordóñez |
Beyond if what lawmakers have approved in the balance of powers reform is good or bad, it teaches us a lesson on how not to do a constitutional reform in the future.
Workers’ Power, Inequality and Human Dignity
By Sergio Chaparro Hernández |
UN, 70 Years
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
On June 26th, 1945, when the world had still not escaped the horrors of the Second World War, 50 countries ratified with optimism the so-called San Francisco Charter, which gave birth to the UN. Is there something to celebrate in the UN's 70 years?
