Egypt and the Polo Democrático
Some months ago I wrote a column in which I questioned the attitude of certain leaders of the Polo Democrático (political party) who criticize the project of land restitution of the current government …
Read MoreEgypt’s crossroads
In Egypt, there’s a traditional song that ends with these words: “Fortunately we have Islam. “
Read MoreAgainst national anthems
In my school there was a history professor which argued that the Colombian national anthem was the most beautiful in the world after the Marseillaise.
Read MoreMoral imagination
LAST JANUARY 12, before the victims of the slaughter of Tucson, Arizona, President Obama gave one of the most moving speeches of his career (full of eloquent speeches.)
Read MoreDelusions
We columnists are constantly looking for amazing facts or ideas that help us draw the reader out from their own lethargy of the views he reads every day.
Read MoreThe black hole of the golden triangle
In this country economic development, as almost everything else, is uneven.
Read MoreEconomics and poetry
WILLIAM OSPINA AND ALEJANDRO Gaviria are two prominent Colombian intellectuals, the former a poet and the latter an economist.
Read MoreUnforgiving nature?
WHEN WE’RE HEALTHY, we think our body is invincible; but when we suffer an illness or an accident, we understand that all we are depends on the performance of a few organs, valves and bones that keep us standing.
Read MoreFriends and cuisine
AT THE ENTRY OF THE PASTRY Arlequin in Bogota, there’s a sign that says: “Eating and drinking holds body and soul together”.
Read MoreWikileak and international order
Many are worried about the fate the current international order may face with the publication, realized by the organization Wikileaks, of thousands of diplomat cables from the Unites States.
Read MoreDaniel Samper Pizano Talks about Discrimination in Discotheques
The columnist from the newspaper El Tiempo, Daniel Samper Pizano talks about the discrimination against the afro-descendants that presented a lawsuit because of their rights violated by 3 night clubs in Bogotá. He also urges people not to be tolerant with this type of attitudes and to restrain from going to these places.
Read MoreThe Justice of the Bankers
It´s important that the bankers preoccupy about the problems on the judicial system in Colombia. But that does not means that their visions and solutions are to be accepted, as is shown in the interview on Sunday in El Tiempo. to Luis Carlos Sarmiento.
Read MoreThe Judges and the Government
Every country has its evils. Poverty, without doubt,is the most common and extended from them all. But many countries face their own difficulties: In Bangladesh they fight against an inclement nature; in Georgia they try to contain the Russian imperialism; in Belgium they do the possible to avoid the dismember of the country; in Ukraine they combat the aging of the population, etc. And in Colombia? Well here, their is no lack for poverty – 60% of the population suffers it – as well, we have problems typically ours and these are minimum: drug trafficking, violence and armed conflict.
Read MoreLatin American Congress on Justice Reforms
The Congress presented experiences from different Latin American countries that have had processes of justice reform. Exponents from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and others, presented how they have worked on reforms in their countries, both the successes and the difficulties. This Congress has carried out on occasion the launch of the book by Dejusticia “Justice for All”.
Read MoreCaracol Radio Talks about the Ruling from the Supreme Court on Racial Discrimination
Color became a Barrier in three Bars from the North of Bogotá
That was what found out six afro-descendants who were not allowed to enter to the night clubs Gavanna, Sirocco and Genoveva. The discrimination against the young made that the Supreme Court emitted a transcendental ruling.
Read MoreSupreme Court Sanctions Discotheques in Bogotá for Racial Discrimination
On September 25, the Supreme Court dictated a ruling in trial o
“Historical Ruling against Discrimination”: El Espectador
The Supreme Court ruled against three discotheques in Bogotá. The owners must present their public apologies to six afro-descendants that presented the legal action because of the denial of the owners of the discotheques to let them in. Furthermore the Court said that the National Government and the Local Government must rule this type of acts.
Read MoreForgive Them because they don´t Know what they are Doing
I write from a small, miserable, farmhouse in the Department of Sucre where the only thing that the paramilitaries were unable to dominate was the natality rate.
Read MoreGod and Politics
The traditional hostility between the liberal thinking and religion does not let see that both have coincidences.
Read MoreWith women like that…
Sarah Palin, candidate to the Vice-presidency of the United States, can be one of the worst representative of the feminine causes.
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