Truckers join agricultural strike

Agricultural strike continues amidst accusations of excessive force against protesters An agricultural strike that started on May 30 has...

ETB goes home

ETB sale gets the green light, amid mounting privatisation fears Bogotá city council has voted in favour of selling its stake in state-owned...

Medical marijuana legalised

Growth, production and use of medical marijuana will be permitted, but with strict controls to prevent recreational use Colombia has become...

Back with a Baum

Bogotá’s electronic music bonanza, Baum Festival, is back for a second version on May 21. After 8,000 techno lovers enjoyed the 2015 edition, this...

850 Colombians caught up in Panama Papers scandal

Tax justice campaigners say $14bn deposited in Panama as country’s political and business elite deny any wrongdoing About 850 people in...

Sowing the seeds of peace

[caption id="attachment_13824" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Santos headed the national meeting of the Social Movements in Collective...

The thorn in Ecopetrol’s side

[caption id="attachment_13709" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Reficar plant was supposed to be the largest in Latin America when finished, but...

Bogotá water: Mercury rising

Recent studies raise concerns about dangerous mercury levels in the city’s waterways and call for more effective waste management Mercury...

‘Malnutrition is wiping out our children’

Two Wayúu children have died from malnutrition in La Guajira in under a week, as the region continues to suffer from drought A ten-year-old...

What’s in store for Bogotá in 2016?

[caption id="attachment_9425" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The curtain goes up from March 11 on the Festival Iberoamericano de...