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The Santa Fe film festival strikes a chord with ‘Candelaria’ director
Jhonny Hendrix engages attendees for a discussion about his artistic process. Photo: Jordan Jones.
Last week Sante Fe...
BLAA musical director Mauricio Peña: Music for the masses
Mauricio Peña, the musical director of the BLAA, tells us about how they work to make music affordable and go beyond the classical.
Notes on a financial panic that never was
Last week there was quite a bit of noise regarding an ongoing campaign to boycott Grupo AVAL, the...
Lucha Libre is fighting for a comeback in Colombia
High-flying maneuvers, a roaring audience and lots and lots of spandex: Lucha Libre--Latin America's answer to professional wrestling--may seem to outsiders to fall anywhere...
Colombia’s Most Valuable Beer Is Actually…Belgian
Aguila is steadily climbing the ranks as the bona fide beer brand of Colombia. The business valuation company, Brand Finance, deemed the beer famous...
The Santa Fe film festival strikes a chord with ‘Candelaria’ director
Jhonny Hendrix engages attendees for a discussion about his artistic process. Photo: Jordan Jones.
Last week Sante Fe...
BLAA musical director Mauricio Peña: Music for the masses
Mauricio Peña, the musical director of the BLAA, tells us about how they work to make music affordable and go beyond the classical.
Cutting danger: Female genital mutilation
While it is more commonly associated with parts of Africa, female genital mutilation (FGM) is a practice that has taken hold in select communities...
City council scores with car park recovery
After decades of wrangling, the city finally regains control of Campín car park, with revenues of up to 30 million pesos on big match days.
Isla Múcura: La Isla Bonita on the caribbean coast
It’s sunshine and coconuts by day and plankton dancing by night on the Isla Múcura. Plus, if you take the scenic route, getting to this island paradise is half the pleasure.
Medellin’s very own traditional Coffee Hacienda
Don Carlos Monzon sits contentedly in his office on the bottom floor of Hacienda Media Luna, a majestic 160-year old coffee homestead perched high...
Searching for the Crystal Land: The Rainbow Gathering in Southern Colombia
"When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes,...
Hot Springs, Volcanos and Altitude Sickness: Colombia’s Cerros Los Nevados
I was nearing 4,000m on the ascent to Colombia’s Cerros Los Nevados when the situation became serious. My trekking partner, delirious from the cold,...
Atlético Nacional Tops Once Caldas 2-1 to take out Copa Colombia 2018
A last minute free kick from Daniel Bocanegra proved to be the difference in Atlético Nacional’s 2-1 victory over Once Caldas in the final leg...
Once Caldas And Atlético Nacional Draw In Copa Colombia Opener
The Colombian league championship will be decided in the second game after Once Caldas and Atlético Nacional drew 2-2 in the first leg on...
Liga Águila round-up: Millonarios keep playoff hopes alive
After match day 16 of the 2018 Liga Águila Clausura, only three teams have guaranteed their spot in the quarter finals. And with three...
Dayro Moreno dismissed by Atlético Nacional after fight with teammate
Atlético Nacional have dismissed striker Dayro Moreno, following an on field scrap with teammate Jeison Lucumí in Sunday night's Liga Águila match against Deportivo...
A city habitat: Attenborough style
With the recent 90th birthday of natural history legend Sir David Attenborough, Oli Pritchard decided to describe Bogotá traffic in his distinctive style. Imagine...
Riding in the rain: You can call these rivers roads…
Riding in the rain. It isn’t much fun. But it’s fairly unavoidable given that we’re in Bogotá, so it’s something you should learn to live with. After all, everyone loves getting wet, right? Oli Pritchard promises you’ll be wet but happy with his guide for riding in the rain.
Pay in your own currency right here in Colombia
CredibanCo’s DCC Dynamic Currency Conversion lets you to pay in your own currency in Colombia and with no nasty surprises when you get home.
Notes on a financial panic that never was
Last week there was quite a bit of noise regarding an ongoing campaign to boycott Grupo AVAL, the...
A proposition of prepositions
Spanish prepositions are quite easy and have some very basic rules. However, this is not the case for English prepositions. As Oliver Pritchard explains, they’re easy to get wrong, but not hard to get right. So practise, practise and practise some more!
Pun-believable!
Get to grips with wordplay as Oliver Pritchard takes things in a pun direction with some light-hearted language learning.
Afán and demora: Hurry up and slow down
Take some time to let Katie Jacoby give you a quick run-down on how to express the two extremes of time, afán and demora, in Colombian Spanish.
Safe word
As we continue learning vocabulary related to all areas of life in Bogota, we can’t avoid the topic of crime and safety, Katie Jacoby makes sure you have your wits and your words about you...
Desalination: well worth its salt
With La Guajira hit by severe droughts, Simon West visits a community that is harnessing the sun and the sea to provide water desalination...
Colombia’s youth ambassadors
Emma Newbery meets Colombia’s returning Youth Ambassadors and finds out how they plan to build change
It’s not often that you get asked for a...
Look out for Lök Colombian chocolate
Chocolate doesn’t have to make you fat!
Lök is a company on a mission. They want to teach people in Colombia that chocolate is so...
Good call – Sitel
We speak to three people from very different backgrounds, with different career paths at Sitel's call centres. But they all have one thing in...
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Study in Canada: Pathway to success
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The Santa Fe film festival strikes a chord with ‘Candelaria’ director
Jhonny Hendrix engages attendees for a discussion about his artistic process. Photo: Jordan Jones.
Last week Sante Fe...
BLAA musical director Mauricio Peña: Music for the masses
Mauricio Peña, the musical director of the BLAA, tells us about how they work to make music affordable and go beyond the classical.
Pay in your own currency right here in Colombia
CredibanCo’s DCC Dynamic Currency Conversion lets you to pay in your own currency in Colombia and with no nasty surprises when you get home.
Notes on a financial panic that never was
Last week there was quite a bit of noise regarding an ongoing campaign to boycott Grupo AVAL, the...
Lucha Libre is fighting for a comeback in Colombia
High-flying maneuvers, a roaring audience and lots and lots of spandex: Lucha Libre--Latin America's answer to professional wrestling--may seem to outsiders to fall anywhere...
Colombia’s Most Valuable Beer Is Actually…Belgian
Aguila is steadily climbing the ranks as the bona fide beer brand of Colombia. The business valuation company, Brand Finance, deemed the beer famous...
Mapping the life of Caldas, a Colombian superhero
'Ojos en el Cielo, Pies en la Tierra' at the Museo Nacional focuses on the astronomical and map making skills of Francisco José de...
Cutting danger: Female genital mutilation
While it is more commonly associated with parts of Africa, female genital mutilation (FGM) is a practice that has taken hold in select communities...
City council scores with car park recovery
After decades of wrangling, the city finally regains control of Campín car park, with revenues of up to 30 million pesos on big match days.
Opinion: Enemies of the Documentary
Margarita Martinez’s 90-minute documentary “La Negociación” shows the humanity involved during the peace process between the Government and the FARC in the words of...
The sounds of Leo Kopp in Bogotá
Amongst the tombs and gravestones of Cementerio Central stands a bronze statue of the German Jewish founder of Colombian brewing giant Bavaria, Leo Kopp. Now a mecca for locals desperate for miracles, it was also the centrepiece for a new project from sound artist Diana Restrepo and visual artist Nina Bendzko.
Post Conflict: ‘War doesn’t distinguish faces, hearts, or skin colour’
We hear from Marcos, who joined the FARC at 18, who tells us in his own words about what peace means for him.
Left in the war’s wake: 3D printing new limbs for Colombia’s...
José Asprilla's arm ends where his new hand begins. The double amputee bends his right arm, carefully watching the prosthetic hand clutch and release...
Post Conflict: ‘One fewer weapon in the wrong hands makes for...
Two years of post conflict: Yolanda works as a human rights social justice leader and is rebuilding her life after tragedy hit her family several times.
