Posts Tagged ‘Municipios’
Dejusticia Defends the Autonomy of Local Government Agencies to Protect their Land
Dejusticia litigated against the Decree 2691 of 2014 for violating the local government agencies’ and municipalities’ autonomy to regulate land use and also ignores the environment’s important status in the national legal framework.
Read MoreShould They Put Up with It?
Should the neighbors of a police station, who suffer damage to their property or their person from guerrilla attacks directed against the police station, tough it out and assume the cost of these injuries on their own? Or, should the state compensate them so they can rebuild their lives?
Read MoreThe Country of the Eternal Party
The long national hangover caused by the end of the singer Diomedes´ eternal party continues to elicit different opinions. Most people go along with the idea that the dead can never be bad, as the a verse of one of the Cacique’s songs says. Others, like Cecilia Orozco, remember the deceased as a condemned murder, a fugitive of justice and protected by the paramilitaries.
Read MoreEnvironmental Democracy
While the Inspector General ignores the popular vote in Bogotá, in the rest of the country local democracy is flourishing. Last Sunday was Tauremena’s turn (in Casanare), where they voted against petroleum projects that put the municipalities water sources at risk.
Read MoreLand Reform in Colombia: One step Forward Two Steps Back
Land reform in Colombia, while politically sensitive, is necessary to stabilize the country and end a violent conflict that has plagued Colombians for more than half a century. Colombia’s internal fighting has deprived millions of their land and livelihood. Adopted in June 2011, Colombia’s Victims and Land Restitution Law, also known as Law 1448, is an important advance in providing restitution for those displaced by the conflict.
Read MoreThe Inspector General´s Ecological Bullying
Piedras, Tolima. In this remote rice region of the country, it is clear that the Inspector General’s crusade against the rights of the citizens is more ambitious and ubiquitous than what it appears from Bogotá.
Read MoreThe States of the Country: Municipal Institutions and Local Realities in Colombia
This book studies the Colombia’s social reality through local institutions.
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