What’s hot in the art world

Lavamoatumba Over 60 Colombian and international artists have come together in an old house in Rosales, to showcase paintings, murals, graffiti,...

What to watch: Film reviews

Mommy At the tender age of 19, French-Canadian director Xavier Dolan released his debut feature film, I killed My Mother, an incredibly intense...

Where to go: Theatre

Uruguay’s Sodre National Ballet One of Latin America’s longest-standing ballet companies, Sodre will be performing El Mesias, inspired by Handel....

Your guide to FILBo

KEY INFO: April 21 - May 4 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Corferias, Car 37 #24-67 Tickets: General COP $7,000 Students COP...

Obama: ‘Shared hope’ for peace talks

Santos gets face-time with US president at Summit of the Americas in Panama Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met his US counterpart Barack...

Report: Clinton ‘ignored Colombia abuses’

US presidential hopeful ignored human rights abuses when she was Secretary of State after receiving millions from oil firm Pacific Rubiales, report...

Tourist taxi scandal

A Bogota taxi driver who overcharged a Canadian couple by more than 900 percent was arrested last week, local media reported. Two Canadian nationals...

Telling the maestro’s story

Ahead of his appearance at FILBo, Márquez’s biographer Dasso Saldívar talks to Azzam Alkadhi about the maestro, novels and the Colombia of his...

Filling FILBo with magic realism

The 2015 Bogota International Book Fair, which takes place from April 21 to May 4 in Corferias, will dedicate a heartfelt tribute to the late...

Gift of the Gabo

One of the authors behind Was Gabo an Irishman talks to Charlotte Mackenzie about the inspiration behind the anthology, magic realism and her...