Posts Tagged ‘Planes de desarrollo’
Chronicles of Deaths Foretold
The 83 deaths due to the landslide in Salgar were foretold and preventable. We knew three years ago that the river would overflow earlier rather than later.
Read MoreLand Restitution in 2015: On Trial by Fire
The evaluation of land restitution policies ought to look beyond the numbers and identify the challenges that it faces.
Read MoreCumbiamba for Barranquilla
An intersection of four streets is closed off to cars in Barranquilla. A cumbiamba is installed in the center. A wheel of people dancing cumbia of all colors moves around it. Hips move. Foreheads sweat. Skirts wave amid the remains of a December breeze.
Read MoreBetween Idealism and Cynicism
Last Sunday the paper published an article by James Robinson where he argued that it is not possible to modernize the country with programs of land redistribution, as the negotiations in Havana seek to do.
Read MoreHuman Rights, Democracy, and Development
Human rights are undergoing a transformation. Around the world debates have proliferated regarding human rights discourses, practices, and studies to the point that some speak about “the end of human rights.” This context is unlike anything since the beginning of the international human rights system around the mid twentieth century.
Read MoreThe Military Service Registration Certificate and the High School Diploma
Every year I spend a few days in the Aguadas (Caldas) municipality, in a small village called Salineros located on the peak of a mountain; it provides, to my knowledge, the best view of the Central mountain range.
Read MoreTime to Return, or Time to Pay?
“Time to return” is the name of the government campaign launched in March through Colciencias. It offers Colombian scientists with PhDs who live abroad incentives to come back and contribute to Colombia´s development.
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