COLOMBIA: 8/9 11-22 SANTA MARTA ‘Foro Internacional sobre Federalismo y Autonomía Territorial en Colombia: ‘Nuevos Retos en América Latina’

A space of an academic nature and for reflection on the advantages of the federalist model as a bastion for strengthening regional autonomy, will be held in the beautiful city of Santa Marta in Colombia from tomorrow, November 8 and 9, with the holding of the ‘ International Forum on Federalism and Territorial Autonomy in Colombia: New Challenges in Latin America’, which has the support of the Government of Magdalena. Continúa leyendo COLOMBIA: 8/9 11-22 SANTA MARTA ‘Foro Internacional sobre Federalismo y Autonomía Territorial en Colombia: ‘Nuevos Retos en América Latina’

EL PENSADOR: ¡Ah QUÉ CÓMODO LIMBO..!

If I had the obligation to define the attitude of Uruguayan politics – all of it, government and opposition, although the generalization makes it uncomfortable – in the face of the ups and downs that are shaking the region, with different intensity depending on which country we are talking about, I would need, to be the civilized as possible, appeal to a metaphor. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: ¡Ah QUÉ CÓMODO LIMBO..!

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: TRIUNFO DE ABEL MARTÍNEZ CAMBIA EL ESCENARIO POLÍTICO

El triunfo del Educador, Político y Abogado Abel Martínez Durán por un amplio margen en la candidatura presidencial del opositor Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), impone un cambio en las estrategias políticas trazadas por los virtuales candidatos para las elecciones de 2024. Continúa leyendo REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: TRIUNFO DE ABEL MARTÍNEZ CAMBIA EL ESCENARIO POLÍTICO

EL PENSADOR: EL LENGUAJE Y SUS COMPLEJIDADES

Now that we are just a few steps away from deciding on the educational reform project – or so the facts seem to indicate – I feel the impulse, even at the risk of being labeled as simplistic, to insist that the essential point is learning to read correctly, to develop comprehension and, in parallel, speak, write and think better. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL LENGUAJE Y SUS COMPLEJIDADES

EL PENSADOR: AH, LA JUSTICIA

There are problems in Uruguayan society, diagnosed decades ago, which, far from being resolved, become more complex and inconvenient. Perhaps, at least in part, they are expanded by the accelerated complexity of everyday life. That imposed by the rapid progress of problems caused even by important activities -and intrinsically constructive- such as science, technology and education, in addition to others, these pathological, such as social security in a country that sees its population age more than others and where the weakness in the fight against crime and corruption is losing ground, for now without remedy. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: AH, LA JUSTICIA

EL PENSADOR: EL PESIMISMO CRECE

I warn, without too much difficulty, that the unpopularity of politicians continues to increase among the majority of our society. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL PESIMISMO CRECE