Guns ‘n Colombia: Military Expo rolls into Bogotá

Between December 4th and 6th, the biannual exhibition Expodefensa took place at Bogotá’s expo hall Corferias. In spite of protests and criticism...

30 International NGOs band together to condemn murder of slain activist

30 NGOs from around the world have strongly condemned the slaying of human-rights activist Hernán Bedoya. In a letter, the organizations expressed...

Access to Caño Cristales temporarily suspended

Heavy drought and related low water levels this season have urged the environmental authority of the Macarena region to deny access to the...

Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s archive made freely available online

Almost half of the digital archives of Colombian Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel Garcia Márquez have been  placed online by the University of Texas and...

Superhero limbs: Fabrilab gives Colombian children a hand with 3D- printed prostheses

In 2004, Colombian engineer Christian Silva had a life-altering moment when his cousin lost his hand in an accident. It was a moment that made him...

Botero’s Sculpture Finds its Way Home

[caption id="attachment_25140" align="alignnone" width="554"] "Maternidad" by Fernando Botero[/caption] The sculpture “Maternity” by the...

Film Festival Santa Fe de Antioquia: 5 Days of Laughter at the Movies

The 18th edition of the Festival de Cine de Santa Fe de Antioquia takes off today. This year, the central theme of the 5-day festival is...