New year: New mayor, Peñalosa’s first days in office

[caption id="attachment_9136" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Enrique Peñalosa assumed the role of Bogotá's mayor on January 1.[/caption] First...

Minimum wage rise, tax proposals spark anger amid high inflation

[caption id="attachment_9130" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Discussions in December between unions and government members failed to reach...

Colombia most dangerous for activists

[caption id="attachment_9137" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: frontlinedefenders.org[/caption] Colombia has topped a list for the number...

Nils Klöfver: Fusing music and art

[caption id="attachment_9120" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nils Klofver will offer a concert on Wednesday, January 13 in the Museo Nacional at...

Bogotá’s Festival Centro – Interviews with Joe Bataan, Crack Family and Elkin Robinson

As Festival Centro begins in Colombia’s capital, María Alejandra Jaramillo speaks to some of the artists involved (more…)

New café: Doméstica

In the heart of Chapinero Alto sits a little green house, Doméstica, ready to serve you delicious sweet and savoury treats, baked goods and the best...

The tale of Don Jairo’s flat

[caption id="attachment_9097" align="alignnone" width="610"] Buying a property in Colombia is not always what it seems.[/caption] Gerald Barr...

2015 in numbers

Colombia has had a mixed 2015; the peace process has seen significant progress after a shaky few months, legislative elections took place throughout...

Where to celebrate New Year’s Eve Bogotá

Exactly how 2015 has come to such a rapid end is beyond the team at The Bogotá Post - it might have something to do with us having so much fun...

2015: Sporting year in review

[caption id="attachment_9063" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Colombian women’s football team ready for Rio 2016.[/caption] It’s been a great...