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Category Archives: Politics
Carlos Gaviria visits Austin
Saturday, February 9, 2008
The president of the colombian political party Polo Democrático Carlos Gaviria was one of the speakers invited to the XXVIII Annual ILASSA Student Conference. His speech was basically a critique of the current government because it claims that Colombia has a strong democracy while he considers that many aspects of Colombia’s situation (like the [...]
No more FARC in Austin
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
This coming February 4th: join us in the mobilization against FARC.
It is really sad to see how the “Colombianos en UT” group have changed the main objective for the mobilization. Here is the text they sent through the “Asociación de Colombianos en Austin”:
Please join us Monday, February 4 2008 10:30 am at South First and [...]
Depenalize abortion
Friday, May 12, 2006
Yesterday the Colombian senate decided to de-penalize abortion in one of the following three situations:
The pregnancy occurred because the mother was rapped.
The fetus is malformed
There is risk for the mother to die during the pregnancy.
The Catholic Church in Colombia announced to be against the de-penalization and threat to excommunicate the senators. I think the Catholic [...]
Re-election aproved in Colombia
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Yesterday the Colombian Constitutional Court has approved the immediate presidential the re-election, which implies that present president Alvaro Uribe Vélez, can be a candidate for the presidential elections of the 2006.
This produces me joy and preoccupation at the same time.
The good thing is that the present president has great acceptance rating in the country. [...]
Reelección aprobada en Colombia
Thursday, October 20, 2005
El dÃa de ayer, la Corte Constitucional Colombiana ha aprobado la reelección presidencial inmediata, lo cual implica que el actual presidente Ãlvaro Uribe Vélez, puede postularse para las elecciones presidenciales del 2006.
Esta noticia me produce en parte alegrÃa y en parte preocupación.
Lo bueno es que el presidente actual tiene gran aceptación en el paÃs. Durante [...]