In this column, Gustavo Enrique Mestre Cubillos, political activist and exiled social leader, reflects on the political career and...
Read moreThe column reflects on the limitations of the prison system and proposes moving toward alternatives that address crime...
Read moreSince March 23, 2026, José Augusto Chavarro has not been seen on the streets again...
Read moreThere is something deeply human about Ibagué opening its doors, gathering food, sending aid, and making available to others...
Read moreI am a specialist in international humanitarian action, and it truly concerns me that during the initial hours of the earthquake in Colombia...
Read moreOver the past three decades, Colombia has managed to consolidate scientific capabilities that once seemed unattainable. Today it has thousands of...
Read moreThe penalty for late filing makes no distinction between simple oversight and deliberate neglect: it punishes the delay, not the intent. In...
Read moreThe opinion column written by Karen Alejandra Vargas Galeano deeply questions the effectiveness of the current penitentiary system, arguing that...
Read moreThe answer is obvious, but the complexity of its cause and effect is the core discussion that should guide the...
Read moreBy: JOSE BARUTH TAFUR G - Lawyer specializing in Political Marketing and Campaign Strategies - Master's candidate in Political Communication. Is this...
Read moreBy: Edgar Romero Macías, FECODE Executive Member. Last Saturday, I attended discussions, one on popular environmentalism in Ibagué and...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. I write this column amid the national government's determination...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. We need a democracy of liberation. An ideal government with its powers of...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. The reform offers an opportunity to recognize decent working conditions, of...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. Last Wednesday, May 14, the Senate of the Republic voted down the...
Read moreBy: Jose Baruth Tafur G, Attorney - Specialist, U Externado, Master's Candidate in Political Communication, U Externado. Today, history repeats itself...
Read moreIn a world where opportunism prevails over gratitude, politics becomes an arena where few win...
Read moreBy: Edwin Soto Castro, Social Communicator - Journalist, Specialist in Digital Communication. The recent outbreak of yellow fever in the...
Read moreBy: Edwin Soto Castro, Social Communicator and Journalist / Specialist in Digital Communication. The contract awarded by the Ibagué Mayor's Office to...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. The second vice president of FECODE, Edgar Romero Macías, calls on the Government...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. Popular consultations and social protest emerge as key tools to...
Read moreBy: Andrés Bohórquez Canisalez, Social Leader of the Corregimiento of Gualanday, Municipality of Coello, Tolima. After more than a decade of...
Read moreBy: Maryluz Biscue Urbano, Human Rights Defender in Tolima. If being a senator were a real job, Óscar Barreto would have already...
Read moreEdgar Romero Macías, Second Vice President of FECODE. Healthcare is a fundamental human right that must be protected...
Read moreBy: Andrés Rodríguez Pena. The rice farmers' strike is valid, grounded in Colombia's political constitution, and critically necessary...
Read moreBy Marco Prieto: Former Candidate for the Governorship of Tolima - Pacto Histórico. The rice strike in Tolima is...
Read moreBy: Marco Prieto, Former Candidate for the Governorship of Tolima, UP. The M-19, for more than 30 years, has been...
Read moreThe recent opposing draft opinion submitted to the Constitutional Court by Magistrate Jorge Enrique Ibáñez against the pension reform sparks...
Read moreBy: Edwin Soto Castro, Social Communicator - Journalist. Specialist in Digital Communication. The appointment of the new Strategic Projects Manager...
Read moreBy: Edwin Soto Castro, Social Communicator - Journalist, Specialist in Digital Communication. While the Mayor's Office, the Governor's Office, and the Chamber...
Read moreBy Efraín Gutiérrez Zambrano Email: efraguza@gmail.com The phrase "live without haste, for the common people are right when they claim in one...
Read moreBy: Marco Prieto, former candidate for the Governorate of Tolima - Historic Pact Wonder is the genesis of philosophical thought, and...
Read moreBy: Marco Prieto - Former candidate for the Governorate Historic Pact For consistency and respect for the constitutional order, we must...
Read moreBy: Edwin Soto Castro - Journalist - Specialist in Digital Communication The controversy surrounding the murals reveals a deeper problem...
Read moreBy: Franklin Huertas – Territorial Planning Advisor representing youth organizations and university students More than...
Read moreBy: Edwin Soto Castro, Social Communicator – Journalist Specialist in Digital Communication While the city is scandalized by the appearance...
Read moreBy: Jeferson Camilo Sierra Leal, rural teacher - Language Area Collective. Children have the right to immerse themselves in the world of...
Read moreBy Efraín Gutiérrez Zambrano Email: efraguza@gmail.com The school year begins, and as teachers return to the tasks of grading...
Read moreBy: Efraín Gutierrez Zambrano - efraguza@gmail.com Monsignor Miguel Fernando González, bishop of El Espinal, denounced the malignant relationship between drug trafficking...
Read moreBy: Liliana M. Jiménez Vásquez - Psychologist How do we define mental health, or better yet, how do we perceive it? For many...
Read moreBy Efraín Gutiérrez Zambrano Email: efraguza@gmail.com Throughout history, gastronomy has been a reflection of...
Read moreBy: Camilo Andres Guzman - CEO LAOTRAVERDAD.CO Incredibly, and despite denying it several times, this is the first time...
Read moreJOSE BARUTH TAFUR G - Lawyer Specialist in Political Marketing and Campaign Strategies Master's Candidate in Political Communication What is happening with...
Read moreFor the first time in the history of the municipalities of southern Tolima, this class action lawsuit is filed for a...
Read moreHowever, once inside, one gains access to the service, which is undoubtedly the complex part for any user....
Read moreDangerously and sadly, certain sectors of Colombian society have been falling into the traps of absurdity. Fueled by not...
Read moreIn Colombia, a decline in new university enrollment has been recorded since 2016. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)...
Read moreThat according to Article 246 of the Penal Code, "Whoever obtains illicit benefit for oneself or for a third party,..."
Read moreIn recent days, the Ministry of Labor opened an investigation against the French multinational Teleperformance in Colombia for alleged...
Read moreThese days, discussions on the... are progressing quietly in the Joint Economic Commissions of Congress.
Read moreThe ministry that has fared the best is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An area that traditionally, with exceptions...
Read moreAt the request of many friends and those who sent private messages following a previous column and the lecture on...
Read moreTremendous harm is caused when attempts are made to justify the unjustifiable by conveniently adjusting situations or flimsy hypotheses here and there. By...
Read moreSuch a phenomenon occurs in the most insular groups to delegitimize the rights of women who have been victimized and...
Read moreViolence is exercised not only in armed conflict, but also in cultural practices and political engagement,...
Read moreWe are witnessing political events starring the usual suspects (Roy, Prada, Benedetti...), doing what they have always done, while...
Read moreAfter a long 15-year wait, the more than 400,000 young people living in Tolima will finally have their own...
Read moreAndrés Hurtado would never have become mayor without the financial and electoral backing of the man now referred to as the most powerful in the department of...
Read moreThe appointment of jurist Iván Velásquez as Minister of Defense has caused a stir within the Uribista ranks. Senator Paloma...
Read moreBeing Mayor of Ibagué must be good business and quite lucrative; otherwise, there would no longer...
Read moreLike many historians, I agree that July 20th was merely the beginning of a process of dominance...
Read moreFrom the perspective of the three most prominent columnists in the Department of Tolima, the national landscape was discussed...
Read moreAtomocartum nos comaparte una de sus ilutraciones referente a el lapsus que tuvo el candidato presidencia, Rodolfo Hernández, cuando le...
Read moreToda campaña política genera crispación y estrés social en cualquier parte del mundo. Colombia por supuesto no es la excepción...
Read moreEl siguiente es un comentario que redacté hace 20 años con la aparición del libro, cuyo título es premonitorio. A...
Read moreA una gran encrucijada, disyuntiva, dilema o ‘carrefour’, como quieran llamarlo, estamos llegando los colombianos a 13 días de elegir...
Read more“Que pasen las elecciones pronto para que se acabe la ansiedad”, “que Petro no puede llegar al poder por intransigente”,...
Read moreLas próximas elecciones serán, probablemente, las más importantes desde 1970 entre Rojas Pinilla y Misael Pastrana. Las condiciones sociales y...
Read moreEstos siete días son los más importantes y álgidos, donde se juega la vida democrática y republicana de la Nación,...
Read moreEn marzo pasado, más de 15 mil colombianos fueron detenidos tratando de entrar ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos. Desde octubre,...
Read moreIvan Duque, y la oportunidad perdida de la paz El caso del sur del Tolima, subregión históricamente golpeada por el...
Read moreNo obstante, aunque las encuestas todavía señalan una posible segunda vuelta (en la que también gana Petro en todos los...
Read moreAlgunas veces he llegado a pensar que Colombia no es un país sino una caricatura de país. Por fortuna, he...
Read moreLa historia de esta columna lleva cerca de cuatro años guardada. En la pasada contienda electoral la comencé a esbozar...
Read moreNo solo es el único que sube o se mantiene en las propias encuestas mandadas hacer por los otros candidatos...
Read moreLa Fiscalía también debe hacer lo propio, entendiendo que la nueva Ley de Delitos Ambientales contempla condenas contra quienes ejecutan,...
Read moreLa política colombiana entró en una fase de grandes ligas, apta solo para estrategas consagrados y tahúres. Una lucha en...
Read moreLa portada de la revista Semana sobre Gustavo Petro obliga a hacer profundas reflexiones sobre lo que está pasando en...
Read moreA primera vista, así se ve el llamado Terraplén del parque Centenario que fue objeto ni más ni menos de...
Read moreEl descalabro de la Registraduría Nacional en las pasadas elecciones no debería dejarse pasar así como así. Ahora resulta que...
Read moreEl país debe dar de una vez por todas la discusión abierta sobre la regulación del consumo recreativo de la...
Read moreCuando Íngrid Betancourt aterrizó en la Coalición de la Esperanza, un experimentado amigo, muy conocedor de la política, cuyo nombre...
Read moreAlegres debemos estar todos porque de una u otra forma esta Semana Santa que comenzó el sábado anterior, marca el...
Read moreSi dicen que los niños y lo borrachos dicen la verdad, por eso lo ocurrido hace unos días con el...
Read moreLa constitución del 91 estableció que el municipio es la entidad fundamental del Estado. Esto sin embargo, ha devenido en...
Read morePareciera verídico que, en la política, el amor y el futbol no hay nada escrito; y así lo observan todos...
Read moreLos gobernantes y las élites, sin embargo, piensan que el país es homogéneo. Como si fuesen lo mismo las desérticas...
Read morePara nadie es un secreto que inició fuertemente del 2022, con varias campañas políticas rumbo al Congreso de la República...
Read more¿Cuál fue el estado de la educación en los 46 municipios no certificados del Tolima, en el año 2021? Pregunta...
Read moreLa intensa actividad cotidiana y la sensación de acelerada progresividad, hacen que 365 días transcurran en un pestañeo. A portas...
Read moreEl cierre de año representa para algunas personas un feliz y concluyente cierre de ciclo económico, laboral y productivo, para...
Read moreA ella sí la vi. La vi sentada en las mesas de trabajo de las Asambleas Populares que surgieron del...
Read moreQue bueno que adoptáramos como un mantra 20 cosas para poder interiorizarlas 22 veces y dar el primer granito de...
Read moreComo se puso de moda hablar de la Casa del Tolima en Bogotá y su posible cierre, no podemos pasar...
Read moreWalter Lippmann, decano de los periodistas norteamericanos, enseñó con claridad que la propaganda podía utilizarse para fabricar consenso, ni más...
Read moreEn este periodo constitucional, la prensa, la libertad y la democracia en Colombia han coexistido con la amenaza latente de...
Read moreEn primer lugar, aquel que básicamente atribuye toda la responsabilidad del hecho al sufragante e interpreta el ejercicio de no...
Read moreNo quiero sonar frío ni insensible, pero ya estamos muy cerca al medio siglo de haber ocurrido la tragedia y...
Read moreLa serie de moda en la plataforma Netflix ha dado mucho de qué hablar, generando tendencias en redes y alentando...
Read moreAntes que nada permítanme sumarme al regocijo colectivo tolimense por la tercera estrella de nuestro vinotinto y oro. Felicitaciones a...
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