Equal marriage rights

Constitutional Court ruling paves the way for same sex marriage bill On Thursday April 7, Colombia’s Constitutional Court made the historic...

850 Colombians caught up in Panama Papers scandal

Tax justice campaigners say $14bn deposited in Panama as country’s political and business elite deny any wrongdoing About 850 people in...

Sowing the seeds of peace

[caption id="attachment_13824" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Santos headed the national meeting of the Social Movements in Collective...

Weathering the drought

Colombia has narrowly avoided electricity rationing but the country is not out of the woods yet The effects of El Niño, which hit the...

Illegal mining takes five more lives

[caption id="attachment_13819" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: santanderdequilichao-cauca.gov.co[/caption] Tragedy struck on Friday April 1...

Get yourself connected

Oliver Pritchard shows you how to use English connectors and conjunctions to better control your language Controlling your language is very...

Acting workshop with Ron Burrus: presenting the present

Ron Burrus, one of the top acting coaches in the world, and a disciple of the infamous and revered acting guru Stella Adler, was in Bogotá last week...

ELN and government begin formal talks

[caption id="attachment_13712" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of the ELN and government negotiating parties speaking from Caracas today....

The thorn in Ecopetrol’s side

[caption id="attachment_13709" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Reficar plant was supposed to be the largest in Latin America when finished, but...

Order and control in Bogotopia

[caption id="attachment_13701" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A street vendor in Bogotá being asked to move by police.[/caption] Faye Griffiths...