First National Peace Meeting hopes to aid push for peace

[caption id="attachment_7089" align="aligncenter" width="960"] María Isabel Rueda from Bogota Humana speaking at the National Peace Committee....

Medellin mass grave excavated

[caption id="attachment_7086" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Colombia's biggest ever exhumation begins at Medellin rubbish dump.[/caption] A...

Rafael Pardo, Enrique Peñalosa, Clara Lopez or Francisco ‘Pacho’ Santos? Bogota mayoral race begins

July 25 marked the final deadline to register candidatures for the local council elections - mayors, governors and city councillors - that will be...

World record for biggest prawn cocktail

Colombia has made it into the record books, producing the world’s biggest prawn cocktail in Cartagena on July 20. It was prepared by...

Prisons: Chronicle of a brutality foretold

[caption id="attachment_7071" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Living conditions in Valledupar Prison. Photo:...

Bogota’s food truck revolution

As the culture of food trucks arrives in the capital, Alejandra Chipatecua looks at the growth of the concept and what to think about if you want to...

Business briefs

Colombia deficit could hit 5.8% Colombia’s growing current account gap is a cause for considerable concern according to Bloomberg. The country’s...

Colombian peace: Havana is just part of the picture

Lucas Peña explains that the peace process is crucial but it is not the only step on the path to peace In recent weeks, the FARC has carried...

Nations divided by a common language

Oliver Pritchard takes on American English - they say tom-ay-to but he clearly says tom-ah-to In the second of a series of articles about the...

Camping in Colombia: an idiot’s guide

[caption id="attachment_7029" align="alignnone" width="700"] The camping area at San Jorge in Villa de Leyva. Photo: Zona de Camping San...