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The meeting point for the wretched

According to Lucas Fernández Piedrahita, “Bogotá was awarded city status on July 27th, 1540. And, in his article “My people”, Alberto Lleras writes “Who knows why everything that is ours was on the side of San Victorino…”   Armando Orozco Tovar   He adds: “On the corner where San Victorino […]

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We did not learn our lesson

The Hamas attacks and the vindictive and brutal response of the Israeli army confirm that the spirit of terrorism is echoed by both the Palestinian extremist group and the state of Israel. Both actions must be unequivocally condemned.     Germán Ayala Osorio*   The media, political and social support […]

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When democracy is a farce

Representative democracy is a real farce. For more than two centuries now, since the French Revolution and the independence of the United States, it has been instilled in us, almost by force, that ‘democracy’ is an exercise of going to vote every so often.   Marcelo Colussi   If that […]