While the Government has revisited the mining development plan because it has not performed as well as it originally hoped, a new development plan seems to have come to the fore: "fracking" or unconventional gas extraction. We still have time to stop it.

The challenge is to close the gap between the abuses of each one of these extremes.

This is an unpopular column. It is for all those maladjusted people that do not get excited about football (we are only 6% of the Colombian population, according to a survey done by YouGov).

Three years have passed since the Colombian Congress passed the Law of Victims and two and a half years since the land restitution process began. The facts and data show that it is neither an absolute success as the government claims nor a total failure as its critics argue.

Yesterday on June 28th many around the world celebrated LGBT pride.

The recent victories of the Colombian national team not only has underscored noble sentiments of national unity and patriotism, but also the difficulty we Colombians have in celebrating without violence.

Given that Colombia has been a country historically afflicted with low electoral turn-out, each election cycle commentators argue in favor and against compulsory voting.

In his second term, the Santos administration should fulfill its promises to indigenous groups, afro-descendant communities and rural workers.

The best public officer of Santos' government and the best tax collector in recent history is leaving.