Victim of His Own Creation

It was foreseeable that we would fall into this unfortunate scenario upon the end of the election. A combination of close results in some critical states and a sore loser alleging widespread fraud in an attempt to reverse the results of the election through the courts. After all, that has been Donald Trump’s modus operandi.…

The Forgotten Grandparents

The pandemic has put an unsuspected brake on our fast-paced daily routine. It has stopped us in our tracks and forced us to face a sobering truth: the fragility of our lives. Anyone can be exposed to the Covid-19, regardless of age, physical condition, social status, race, or where we live. Out in public, we…

Half Truths

I am pleased that the senator and former Colombian presidential candidate, Gustavo Petro, disclosed his medical history in which he discloses information about the medical procedures he underwent in Cuba and their respective results. I am even more pleased that he is in good health and that the “squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus”, which…

The Narco Brother

How does one explain, to those who ask, the scandal surrounding the vice president of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, and her brother who has been convicted drug trafficking? How does one justify that Álvaro Uribe, who was president of Colombia for 8 years, appointed José Obdulio Gaviria, first cousin of the infamous and ruthless narco-terrorist…

Posthumous Apologies

The world lives the anguish of succumbing to a pandemic. The emergency in hospitals, the shortage of medical supplies and equipment, and the dangers facing healthcare workers, even in the most powerful countries in the world; fear of the contagion among the population and the economic paralysis that augurs an unprecedented global recession, has brought…