The assets of the FARC: a litmus test for the ‘fast-track’
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Opposition groups that disagree with the peace process pledged to "lash out" in the new legislature against Santos-issued fast-track decrees. The next debate will center around the inventory of FARC assets.
Read more The ghost of fear
By Irina Alejandra Junieles Acosta |
Social leaders working on the implementation of the Peace Agreement live in fear of being called guerrilla members, running away from the arbitrary arrests of the past.
Read more Gentrification: Borders that amplify inequality
By Maryluz Barragán |
In Latin America, gentrification processes affecting social and cultural rights of economically vulnerable populations are becoming more common. In light of these scenarios, there is a clear need to demand the state to carry out urban transformations at the same time it protects memory, cultural expressions, and other elements that characterize our neighborhood.
Read more Satire, slander and democracy
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Former President Uribe resorted to a forbidden speech (slander) to attack a speech protected in democracy (satire), which Daniel Samper Ospina uses in his columns.
Read more Antioquia is offended
By Mauricio García Villegas |
The Antioquia that the former president Uribe says is offended with the satire of Samper Ospina is the uncompromising and unscrupulous Antioquia.
Read more Humor against power
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The slander of former President Uribe against Daniel Samper Ospina shows that satire is becoming more and more uncomfortable, as more left and right-wing populist multiply.
Read more Dear Congress members, too much noise around the Special Jurisdiction for Peace!
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The proposals asking to remove the application of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to military and civilians ignore the complex dynamics of the armed conflict.
Read more Payments for environmental services: a conservation tool or nature’s commodification?
By Gabriela Eslava |
Clean air, fresh water, food production, climate regulation, biodiversity protection and carbon storage are just a few of the ecological benefits we receive from nature. Should we pay for those services? How do we value them? Should we pay for the fact of preserving or because it helps humans?
Read more Constituting a black hole
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The Constituent Assembly proposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will consume what remains of democracy in Venezuela. It will also make Maduro a dictator who will control all the powers of the state. The international community must vigorously oppose it.
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