The Fraud of the Merit Competition
Congress has approved a governmental bill that defrauds those that participate in the contest of merit organized in 2005 to provide 100,000 public offices.
Read MoreFilled Chairs, Empty Principles
The three arguments of Uribismo to justify their support of the collapse of the reformed named ‘Empty Chair’ sound very empty.
Read MoreThe City without the Poor
The rich neighborhoods of our cities bear a striking resemblance to the neighborhoods of Miami or of Barcelona. The unique thing that makes them not identical is that they do not have ‘poor’ there, those in the streets, selling something, or begging. The governmental bill 087 of 2007 –for presidential sanctions- wants to put an end to the ‘aesthetic’ difference that sanctions the drivers that purchase from the people selling at traffic lights.
Read MoreConstitutional Efforts
Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic, once said that the ‘truth is not simply what one thinks it is. It is also the circumstances in which it is said and to who, how and when it is said’. What Havel is stating is not only applicable to the political world, but also to the world of justice, particularly to that of constitutional courts that are more in political than judicial worlds.
Read MoreWhat not to do when facing Parapolitics
We should not weaken the autonomy of the Supreme Court; therefore the acceptance of the legitimacy of its decisions depends greatly on the current crisis and a democratic rather than authoritarian exit.
Read MoreGoodbye to Cigarettes with Coffee
I belong to the first generation that detests cigarettes. I grew up, as many, seeing my parents smoke two packs daily and sucking in all the smoke in the world.
Read MoreJudicial Independence during the Uribe era
Reflection article that seeks to investigate the situation of judicial independence in the two governments of Álvaro Uribe.
Read MoreAnd Talks of Peace?
It is possible that the FARC has not changed much with the death of Marulanda and that the negotiated exit for today with Alfonso Cano, far away as usual.
Read MoreAnd why wasn´t it done upside down?
The extradition of the paramilitary leaders to the United States implies that to the Colombian government it is more serious to export cocaine than it is to massacre people. It also means that our government privileges its relationship with the United States set against its duty to protect the rights of victims of atrocious crimes. This shows a deep distortion of the ethical values that should govern a democratic society.
Read MoreThe National University
To be opposed to a government is not the same thing as to revolt against a tyrant. First there is ‘dissent’ and another is called ‘rebellion’. Both attitudes are opposed to political power, but while ‘dissent’ does it in defense of the institutions, the second ‘rebellion’ does it against them and tries to replace them. But in Colombia, the border between the two attitudes is very faint. A sample of this is what is currently happening at the National University.
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