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A margin of less than one point does not cancel a resistance Colombia has sustained for forty years

August 10, 2026 by Gabriel Schwarb

On August 7th, in a sports arena in Cali rather than in Bogotá, Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia for the 2026-2030 term, with King Felipe VI and at least eight Latin American heads of state as witnesses to a ceremony the new Government described as a gesture of decentralisation. … CONTINUE READING →

The impatience of power reveals the fragility of those who no longer know how to let time act

August 2, 2026 by Gabriel Schwarb

There is a persistent illusion that has accompanied power for as long as power has existed. It consists in believing that whoever acts fast is necessarily strong, and that whoever waits is condemned to suffer events. The history of men, like that of trees and mountains, teaches rather the opposite. Patience is not resignation, it … CONTINUE READING →