The report on Héctor Abad
Beyond the literary wealth that the book “The oversight that we will be”, the author emphasizes the value of denunciation it possesses.
Read MoreThe rule of the line
Democracy is also made of elementary and routine attitudes of respect by others and by the public.
Read MoreThe ‘para-política’ crisis
The author argues that the revelations about the “para política” (a combination of paramilitary and politics) are more of an symptom of democratic fortress than of an institutional deterioration.
Read MoreDigging up the truth
The recent discovery of communal graves of victims of paramilitarism in different parts of the country is a terrifying proof of the systematic and massive violations of human tights committed by the paramilitary groups in process of demobilizing. The corpses found in these communal graves are the result of crimes such as kidnappings, tortures, massacres, forced disappearances, among others.
Read MoreThe Country House
The political class has had the power to forget the theme of the agrarian reform of the national political agenda.
Read MoreChávez’s serious error
The Venezuelan President’s purpose of establishing an indefinite presidential re-election will permit that it is identified with the dictatorial tradition of the country and with him it will contribute an important opposition to the flag.
Read MoreThe right to trap
The author considers that one of the most important causes of weakness in our institutions is the culture of breach of generalized appearance in Colombia.
Read MoreIn defense of Populism
César Rodríguez maintains that the “populist ghost” that travels through Latin America can be more democratic than the government of the technocrats that criticize it.
Read MoreThe Silent Violence
Helena Alviar and Isabel Cristina Jaramillo consider that themes of violence against women in judicial interpretations have a slant against the victims.
Read MoreBetween the devil and the deep blue seq
This article explains that the paramilitary power front, the demobilization and the delivery of weapons signifies very little and that the State’s challenge with the paramilitary is not to conquer it militarily but rather judicially.
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