We’re living a “Dickensian” reality. We seem to be immersed in one of the english author’s novels. Or does anybody have a doubt that these are: the best and the worst of times? The good and the bad follow us. This pandemic has served to reveal our most selfish and…

Author: Katherine Diartt Pombo Professor in Political Science/Dir. BCVamos kdiartt@uninorte.edu.co @KathyDiartt The euro is the official currency of the member countries of the European Union. Concretely, nineteen of them. If we review its history, this unique currency has been pursued since the sixties in the old continent. It was a long process of discussion…

As a society, we’re obsessed over control. To that faculty of permanently monitoring everything, we surely owe some of the greatest advances that have marked our evolution as a civilization. This is not, therefore, a reality that embarrases us. On the contrary, we chase it. Because if we are able…

WORDS WITH ECHO Katherine Diartt Pombo Professor in Political Science/Dir. BCVamos kdiartt@uninorte.edu.co @KathyDiartt During the difficult times that humanity has faced, there have always been speeches from leaders who have marked such complex moments. Like, for instance, the famous “Never was so much owed by so many to so few” from…

Author: Katherine Diartt Pombo Professor in Political Science/Dir. BCVamos kdiartt@uninorte.edu.co @KathyDiartt For those of us who pride ourselves on having freedom as the maximum value in life, the State must intervene as little as possible in the daily routine of the citizen and his decisions. In other words, reduce any…