Against reductionist visions of human rights

César Rodríguez Garavito answers Stephen Hopgood and Aryeh Neier, criticizing both sides of the debate due to a very simplistic point of view of the actors, the content and the strategies of the international human rights movement.
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Human Rights: one step forward, one step back

Government Santos has given human rights the attention that its predecessor had neglected them.
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From Rio to Catatumbo there are many differences

In his Op-Ed in El Espectador, César Rodríguez Garavito points out some lessons about the "Brazilian spring", which according to him, could be useful for the Colombian case. But Rodriguez's optimism and intense emotion contrast with the public perception regarding the protests led by farmers in Catatumbo.
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The South American spring, from Brazil to Colombia

If the cordial Brazilians woke up, why the nonconformist Colombians do not protest?
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