Venezuelan migrants ‘in limbo’ while waiting for work permits

[caption id="attachment_33118" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] Venezuelan migrants congregating in Salitre last week told us ‘all we want is...

Venezuelan voices: Friends and family

A family of nine Venezuelan migrants struggle to keep together as they hitch with no mobile phone and a baby. “Look, if you’re going to...

Feria del Millón: If I had a Millón pesos…

Feria del Millón is back with more than 60 artists all selling work for under 1.4 million pesos. Art critic Diego Garzón and architect Juan...

Rappi riders riled: Online delivery app faces worker frustration over low wages

[caption id="attachment_32956" align="aligncenter" width="619"] Rappi riders can be found in most major Colombian cities. Photo by Jordan...

If the coral reefs disappear, so will 30% of the ocean’s species

[caption id="attachment_32909" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] Photo: Belinda Grasnick, Flickr[/caption] With some scientists warning that the...

Film review: Poesía sin fin

[caption id="attachment_32777" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] Poesia sin fin is a two-hour long exercise in ‘deepity’. Photo: Pascale...

Colombia’s new electronic invoicing system

As of January 2019, all companies that pay VAT in Colombia will be required to comply with mandatory e-invoicing. All Colombian companies will have...

Confiscation, Caracas, cocoa and cocaine again

[caption id="attachment_32767" align="alignnone" width="960"] The almost indestructible hippos that escaped from Escobar might actually help to...

Bogotá geek culture: Still plenty of SOFA in the city

SOFA may be over, but Bogotá geek culture is alive and kicking. Here are some of our favourite shops from the festival. Small yet...

Situation worsens on Colombian-Venezuelan border

[caption id="attachment_32749" align="alignnone" width="833"] A family crossing into Colombia at Paraguachón, La Guajira. Photo: Gerald...