Upside down colonization
By Mauricio García Villegas |
"The republic only exists in the cities, at most in big towns and there it's stuck. Further down, not even the smell."
Read more The informal rules of corruption
By Mauricio García Villegas |
There are so many corruption scandals in Colombia, one no longer feels tranquility when misdeeds are discovered but rather feels concern.
Read more Moral and dogma
By Mauricio García Villegas |
A religion may lose its monopoly on moral principles but can not lose its dogmas.
Read more Class racism
By Mauricio García Villegas |
When I hear Senator Carlos Martinez say he is being chased for being black, I think about the complexities racism has in Colombia.
Read more Economics and happiness
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Everyone wants to be happy, who doesn't? However as we have no precise recipe to achieve this, we dedicate ourselves to pursue what seems like the image we have of happiness: money, love, power, recreation, etc.
Read more Palestine
By Mauricio García Villegas |
The decision of President Santos not to support the entry of Palestine, as a statehood, to the United Nations, not only seems contrary to justice and international law, but also politically misguided.
Read more Cautios defense of justice
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Perhaps the greatest merit judges have in Colombia is their independence from political power
Read more Critical defense of justice and the writ for legal protection of fundamental rights
By Mauricio García Villegas |
A few months ago I wrote a column proposing that an investigation on the writ for legal protection of fundamental rights be made. This in order to be certain about its problems and, in particular, to know about the true extent of erratic judgments and on the involvement of lawyers and judicial corruption.
Read more Recognizing the good citizen
By Mauricio García Villegas |
To begin to address the problems of a country it is necessary to answer the following question: what motivates the behavior of humans? There are two possible answers.
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