Oli’s Big Topic: Have you become a bitter foreigner?

[caption id="attachment_27838" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Oli Pritchard starts his new column as he means to go on - direct, honest, and maybe...

Colombia elections: Duque comes out on top in legislative elections

[caption id="attachment_27878" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] President Santos encourages Colombians to go and vote at the start of the day....

Lost in translation: Translation tricks between Spanish and English

[caption id="attachment_27639" align="alignnone" width="960"] A few translation tricks to help improve your English and Spanish.[/caption] With a...

Book review: Voices of Bogotá

Voices of Bogotá, the long-awaited selection of short stories from the Bogotá Writers group was one of several English-language books to be...

Big stories in 2017: Strikes, scandals and natural disasters

Big stories in 2017: Colombia is a country with big news and 2017 has been no exception. Many of those have been sad events but we have been proud to...

Festive celebrations: Colombian budget wine

  Wine isn’t an elitist thing anymore. You can get good wine in supermarkets now. The explosion of budget supermarkets has seen a...

Quick weekend breaks: Hot springs eternal

With picturesque lakes, hiking trails, traditional villages, hot springs and swimming pools all within 100km of Bogotá, it’s easy to find...

Stand-up comedy in English: Are you having a laugh?

The Teatro Nacional Fanny Mikey has launched a brave new project: stand-up comedy in English. Colombian comic Julio Escallón, who headlined the...

Colombia’s biggest geek-fest is back in Bogotá, SOFA: So what?

October brings the rainy season and with it an incentive to pull the curtains and settle down for some serious chilling time at home. Luckily, in...

Colombian cycling reaches end of 2017 season

[caption id="attachment_24195" align="alignnone" width="950"] Rigoberto Urán claims another victory in already successful season Photo: Comité...