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*Photo: Pedro Querejazu Abstract: The issue of land ownership in Colombia is related to a long legacy of landlords’  power, drug trafficking and the armed conflict that has caused 4 million displaced people. So much arable land… so few owners. Where could one start to identify a possible solution for […]

Abstract: If I had to describe the way Colombians deal with unemployment with one word, it would be creativity. Labor options in the country are far from meeting the population’s needs, while the government still tries to figure out whether to embrace development or economic growth. Bus-singing, car-watching, hole-filling are […]

9/11 is certainly a day which will be remembered as part of human history. It not only created a new world order, but caused as well a serious violation of existing rules. Personally I think that the greatest impact of this event has been that it has deeply undermined the […]

    In Latin America one can say that the distance between government elites and the people has been historically large. The term “citizenship” is still a work in process, but the organization of civil society has become stronger over the past decade. Whether this is an outcome of globalization […]