Farmer markets: the countryside can come to Bogotá
By Diana Isabel Güiza Gómez, Ana María Narváez |
In farmer markets there are no products sold by intermediaries or imported food. It is local food for local people.
Read more The Spirit Level
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Shouldn't the struggle for greater equality be one of the main issues in the electoral debate given that Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in the world?
Read more Theoretical musings
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Perhaps the greatest political challenge that current democracies face is to rescue something of the public and civic virtue that the Greeks discussed, without falling into the different populisms that today offer themselves as saviors of society.
Read more Amazon, subject of rights
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Recognizing that the Amazon has rights means that all citizens, regardless of whether you are from the region, can demand its protection—even before the courts.
Read more The battle for differentiated criminal treatment for small growers continues
By Lucía Ramírez Bolívar |
On March 20th, the Ministry of Justice issued a new version of the bill on differentiated criminal treatment for small coca, marihuana and poppy growers. The proposed changes aim to respond to the General Attorney's criticisms, but have generated concern and distrust among communities.
Read more In Venezuela, cancer patients are dying without access to morphine
By Isabel Pereira Arana, Lucía Ramírez Bolívar |
The shortage of medicine in Venezuela has generated a humanitarian crisis that impacts thousands of patients. According to approximated statistics, only 10% of patients with terminal and/or chronic illnesses that require medication like morphine actually enjoy access to such. They face a dilemma of having to choose between hunger and pain.
Read more Truth Commission and economic actors
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León |
In recent days, Juan Manuel Charry published a column in Semana.com accusing Dejusticia of being a biased organization. Here is our answer.
Read more The right to live and die without pain in the Americas
By Lucía Ramírez Bolívar |
Living and dying without pain is a very important component of the right to health. Consequently, States have an obligation not only to remove obstacles that prevent patients from obtaining palliative drugs, but also to promote more flexible programs and policies that facilitate access to these medicines.
Read more Do they want to polarize us?
By Alejandro Jiménez Ospina |
Every day, at all times, through all possible forms of communication, I am told that Colombia is a completely polarized country that only understands extremes. Mu intuition tells me that the political reality of my country is not so simple. I will explain my reasoning.
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