The sin of ingratitude
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Ingrid Betancourt's intention to sue the State produced an avalanche of reactions against her.
Read more The politically correct language
By Mauricio García Villegas |
In my op-ed last week I said it was absurd that the World Cup referees saw less well than the match viewers.
Read more One-eyed referees
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Suppose your son is playing the final of an intercollegiate soccer championship and when everything is ready to get started you find out the referee is missing an eye. How would you react?
Read more Illusions memorial
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Every four years, after the presidential elections, we Colombians participate in a sort of collective rite where hope is renewed.
Read more A barracks and a convent
By Mauricio García Villegas |
SIMON BOLIVAR is attributed the following sentence: "Ecuador is a convent, Colombia is a university, and Venezuela is a barracks." Now that we are in the Bicentennial celebration and on the eve of the election of a new president, perhaps it is worth wondering the value of the Liberator's phrase.
Read more Erasers and memory pills
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Last Tuesday, the Third Specialized Judge of Bogota was ready to read the condemnatory sentence against Colonel Plazas ...
Read more Worse than hell
By Mauricio García Villegas |
THE HOPE OF LIFE IN COLOMBIA is 75 years. This means that a citizen can participate in 14 presidential elections over its existence.
Read more The devil doing wafers
By Mauricio García Villegas |
A GOOD way to end with a reasonable rule is to require its compliance relentlessly, even in the most absurd situations.
Read more Governments and judicial independence
By Mauricio García Villegas |
IN ENGLAND, BEHIND the humblest of judges is always the powerful British Navy.
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