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Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez

Profesor de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Fue presidente de la Comisión Nacional de Reparación y Reconciliación (CNRR) e integró la Junta Directiva del Fondo de Víctimas de la Corte Penal Internacional.

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Ex-guerrilla presidents in Latin America: have they been good or bad experiences?

In Latin America, seven presidents have guerrilla backgrounds. Those who have opted for gradual changes were more successful, while those who chose rupturist projects failed.

Democracy is losing ground in the world: Is Colombia immune to this global trend?

The last two decades have witnessed a broad reversal of democracy in the world. Fifteen countries out of 86 have lost their democratic governments. Today, a high proportion of the world's population — around 70% — live under semi-democratic or outright autocratic regimes.