From Keynes’s dream to democratic recession In 1930, economist J.M. Keynes predicted that, because the world would be much richer in the future, his grandchildren would work only 15 hours a week. I wish this democratic premonition would resonate enough, so allow me, before addressing the issue related to the reduction of working hours, to … Read more

The Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples of the United Nations, Francisco Calí Tzay, conducted a visit to Colombia from March 5 to March 15, 2024. At the end of the visit, he shared his initial impressions of what he saw, in anticipation of the full report he will release next September. The … Read more

The United Nations Security Council is visiting Colombia from February 7 to 11, 2024, with the aim of monitoring the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement signed in 2016. In anticipation of this third visit of the Security Council to the country, the Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the country, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, expressed: … Read more

On March 17, within the framework of an event in the Plaza de Armas of the Casa de Nariño, the government of Colombia presented the labor reform, a key project in this legislature that the Congress of the Republic should discuss. According to the Minister of Labor, Gloria Ramírez, the initiative is “…the most ambitious … Read more