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Torture at a Police Station in Northern BogotĆ”

In the 21st century there are still parts of the Colombian police force that use torture, directing it to the most vulnerable populations.

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In the Name of Islam?

Islam is not responsible for fundamentalist terrorism or the Islamic State's war crimes.

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The Pebble in the Shoe of Latin America

As the representative from Costa Rica expressed, participation ā€œis the heartā€ of what brought them to the negotiation process.
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Colombia, Moderation and Excess

Is Colombia the country of moderation and the right balance or the country of extremes and excesses?

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Facing Terrorism

I find three social attitudes to be particularly unpleasant: intolerance towards those that think differently, indifference towards social injustice, and the call to war to solve problems stemming from nationalism or religion. That's why I identitfy with three philosophical traditions: liberalism, social democracy, and pacifism. 

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The Faith of the Coal-Mining Country

They say that the expression in Spanish ā€œto have the faith of a coal minerā€ā€” a blind faith, devoid of a grip on reality— comes from a famous anecdote from fifteenth-century Spain, which involved a coal miner.

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The Santos Administration in Favor of Civil Liberties

This November will be remembered as a liberal month.

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Not for Sale

And it meant that the ā€œNot for Saleā€ signs pointed to something more than the constant potential for theft. They also pointed to the structural problem of land distribution and access to property in the country.
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The Cigarras

The peace process treats gendered violence in a differentiated manner because it has been invisibilized like no other offense. 

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