River boats, Caracas connections and flying hippos: the Bogotá Buzz is back!

Our regular round-up of Colombia news that caught the world’s eye. Pablo’s hippos: wild ones might be trapped and flown to India and...

Colombia’s tense wait for the COVID-19 vaccine

Will we get coronavirus jabs any time soon? Or just more hot air? A quick Q&A on the country’s plans to inoculate against...

Going Local in coronavirus: The Viral versus The Virus

In Colombia, coronavirus conspiracy theories are growing online. Is there an antidote? Frontline doctors face threats while working in the...

Venezuela: When the wheels fall off…

Going local goes further afield with a trip to Venezuela where petrol is free and the shops are full but there’s no money to spend. Chávez...

Sur de Bolívar: New rules

Colombia’s conflict didn’t disappear, it’s just went under the radar. But for how long? We report from the troubled region of Sur de...

Death of grafitero Diego Felipe Becerra: Murder for art’s sake

How the controversial shooting of 16-year-old graffiti artist Diego Felipe Becerra led to allegations of a police cover-up. The flyover on the...

Going Local: Public toilets in Bogotá? Nowhere to go

Spending a penny has never felt so expensive. Photo: Steve Hide The construction of a urology centre prompts our columnist to peruse the pressing...

Too little, too late for one Venezuelan family

Geomar, Rosangela and their son fled Venezuela for a better life in Colombia, but ended in tragedy. Photo: Gerald Barr Our writer’s efforts to...

Cyber crime: SIM swapping, a new form of hacking

[caption id="attachment_33198" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Who's looking at you? Hackers can use your personal data to gain control of your SIM...