Supreme Court: the best of 2009
It is ironic that given the shortcomings of justice in Colombia, the Supreme Court can be considered the best of 2009. The evidence, however, leaves no doubt that this Institution…
It is ironic that given the shortcomings of justice in Colombia, the Supreme Court can be considered the best of 2009. The evidence, however, leaves no doubt that this Institution…
Last night I saw Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado on TV, making predictions for 2010 for all the twelve signs of the zodiac. I am a Sagittarius, so according to…
The barbarous kidnapping and assassination of Caquetá Governor Luis Francisco Cuéllar suggests that Colombia needs to deeply and thoroughly reexamine its security policy. Cuéllar’s abduction confirms old rumors that the…
The sympathetic, foreign-agenda-setting media’s editorials asking president Alvaro Uribe to desist from amending the constitution to run for a third term are at best disingenuous and at worst propagandistic. This…
Arriving at Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport is an interesting experience. We Colombians are always thrilled about getting home, so oftentimes people clap right after the airplane lands. After waiting…
Colombia has been attracting worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI) and has understandably been looking towards China as a model, as well as Asia in general, as the recent Sino-Latin American…
In Colombia, the end of the year always marks the beginning of an interesting event. No, it is not Christmas. If you thought it was el día de los inocentes…
Over the past few months, the Obama administration and Democrats in U.S.Congress have begun to reorient U.S. policy on Colombia, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. In his…
In recent weeks, Facebook groups “inciting” killings in both Hong Kong and Colombia triggered police hunts for their creators. Both cases are bizarre, but as usual the Colombian case is…